The Ramsay Glacier is a glacier in the Waitaha / Canterbury region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

It has a latitude of -43.248694 and a longitude of  170.910694 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

Ramsay Range: Named by Julius von Haast on 17th March 1886 after Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, director-general of the Geological Survey in England. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 J34 Edition 1 1992 Limited Revision 1996.


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