Murchison Glacier

The Murchison Glacier is an 18-kilometre (11 mi) long glacier flowing through Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Lying to the east of the Malte Brun range and west of the Liebig Range, high in the Southern Alps, it flows from the Tasman Saddle at 2,435 m mostly southwestwards to around 1,110 m. The Murchison River, which takes its meltwater, flows under the larger Tasman Glacier to the south.^[1]

References

^ Grove, Jean M. (2004). Little Ice Ages: Ancient and Modern. Taylor & Francis. p. 352. ISBN 0-415-33422-5.

v t e Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Aoraki / Mount Cook Dixon Peak Douglas Peak Glacier Peak La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Malte Brun Mount Dampier Mount Elie de Beaumont Mount Haidinger Mount Hamilton Mount Hicks Mount Ollivier Mount Sefton Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Silberhorn
Mountain ranges	Mount Cook Range Two Thumb Range
Glaciers	Hooker Glacier Mueller Glacier Murchison Glacier Tasman Glacier
Lakes	Blue Lake Hooker Lake Tasman Lake
Rivers	Godley River Hooker River Murchison River Tasman River
Other geographic features	Copland Pass Sealy Tarns
Settlements and buildings	The Hermitage Hotel Mount Cook Aerodrome Mount Cook Village
Walking and cycling tracks	The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail Hooker Valley Track
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve Te Wahipounamu

43°35′S 170°22′E / 43.583°S 170.367°E / -43.583; 170.367

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