Goldney Glacier

Goldney Glacier is a glacier in Canterbury, South Island and has an elevation of 1,715 metres. Goldney Glacier is situated nearby to the locality Bealey Chasm, as well as near Pegleg Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Rolleston and Crow Glacier.

Mount Rolleston

Peak

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Rolleston is a prominent peak in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named by the surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson in 1864, who observed the peak while searching for a route through the Southern Alps to the West Coast gold fields.

Crow Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arthur’s Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Mhp1255, Public domain.

Arthur's Pass is a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand. The pass sits 920 metres or 3,020 feet above sea level and marks part of the boundary between the West Coast and Canterbury regions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arthur’s Pass and Otira.

Arthur’s Pass

Village

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthur's Pass, previously called Camping Flat then Bealey Flats, and for some time officially Arthur Pass, is a township in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, located in the Selwyn district.

Otira

Hamlet

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Otira is a small township 15 kilometres north of Arthur's Pass in the central South Island of New Zealand. It is on the northern approach to the pass, a saddle between the Ōtira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps. Otira is situated 10 km north of Goldney Glacier.

Goldney Glacier

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,715 metres
Description: glacier in New Zealand
Category: landform
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.91288° or 42° 54′ 46″ south

Longitude

171.5211° or 171° 31′ 16″ east

Elevation

1,715 metres (5,627 feet)

Open location code

4V9H3GPC+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 97783391

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=glacier

GeoNames ID

6215840

Wikidata ID

Q32209487

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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

“Goldney Glacier” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Goldney Glacier”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bealey Chasm and Pegleg Flat.

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