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Glacier in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

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.

The Murchison Glacier is named after Roderick Murchison, one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society.

References

Grove, Jean M. (2004). Little Ice Ages: Ancient and Modern. Taylor & Francis. p. 352. ISBN 0-415-33422-5.
Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 263. ISBN 9780143204107.

v t e Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Dampier Dixon Peak Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Glacier Peak Mount Haidinger Mount Hamilton Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Malte Brun Mount Ollivier Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Mount Vancouver
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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