Glacier Peak (New Zealand)

Glacier Peak is a mountain located in the Southern Alps, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Glacier Peak
Highest point
Elevation3,002 m (9,849 ft)[1]
ListingList of mountains of New Zealand by height
Coordinates43°32′17″S 170°12′35″E
Geography
LocationCanterbury, New Zealand

History

Glacier Peak originally appeared in 1884 under the name Kant on a map by Robert Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld, but as early as 1891 under its current name on a map by Malcolm Ross.[2] The first ascent was made on the morning of 27 January 1907 by mountaineers Ebenezer Teichelmann, Alexander Graham and Henry Edward Newton from the west over the northern shoulder.[3]

Geography

Glacier Peak is less than a kilometer northeast of the 3077 m high Douglas Peak, which in turn is only about a kilometer north of the 3070 m high Mount Haidinger. The next three-thousander north of Glacier Peak are the 3040 m high The Minarets several kilometers to the northeast. On the southeast flank is Forrest Ross Glacier, which leads to Tasman Glacier, and on the northwest flank is Explorer Glacier, which leads to Fox Glacier.[4]

Geology

The rock consists mainly of variants of the sedimentary rocks of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone, approximately 201 to 253 million years old.[5]

References
  1. "Glacier Peak, New Zealand". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  2. C. Hilgendorf (June 1942). Place Names of Mt. Cook District. Vol. IX. Dunedin: New Zealand Alpine Club. pp. 101–118. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. Bob McKerrow. "Ebenezer Teichelmann: Cutting Across Continents". New Zealand Alpine Club. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  4. Gavin Harriss. "Topographic map of Glacier Peak". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  5. "New Zealand Geology Web Map". GNS Science – Te Pū Ao. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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