Douglas Glacier

The Douglas Glacier is a glacier in New Zealand's Southern Alps located between Mount Sefton and Mount Brunner. It is named after the explorer Charles Edward Douglas.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Thomson and Eagle Peak.

Mount Thomson

Peak

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Mount Thomson is a 2,642-metre-elevation mountain in New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Cook Village and Mount Cook National Park.

Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Mount Cook Village is situated 9 km southeast of Douglas Glacier.

Mount Cook National Park

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Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Several other high peaks of the South Island's Southern Alps are nearby.

Douglas Glacier

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,027 metres
Description: glacier in New Zealand’s Southern Alps
Category: landform
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.69521° or 43° 41′ 43″ south

Longitude

169.99341° or 169° 59′ 36″ east

Elevation

2,027 metres (6,650 feet)

Named after

Charlie Douglas

Open location code

4V8F8X3V+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 98228085

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=glacier

GeoNames ID

2191635

Wikidata ID

Q24189612

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Satellite Map

Discover Douglas Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Chinese—“Douglas Glacier” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Douglas Glacier”
Chinese: “道格拉斯冰河”

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Localities in the Area

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