The Douglas Glacier is a glacier in the Te Tai Poutini / West Coast region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
It has a latitude of -43.694278 and a longitude of 169.987833 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.
Westland/Tai Poutini National Park. After Charles Edward Douglas, referred to in Lands and Survey Department records as ‘Mr Explorer Douglas’. Douglas arrived in New Zealand in December 1862, went in the mid-1860s to the West Coast and remained there until his death in May 1916 at the age of 83. He was responsible, more than anyone else in the modern era, for exploring the ranges of South Westland. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 H36 Edition 1 1992 Limited Revision 1996.