The Geikie Snowfield is a glacial feature in the Te Tai Poutini / West Coast region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

It has a latitude of -43.482417 and a longitude of  170.238667 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

Probably named after Professor James Geikie, or possibly the British geologist Sir Archibald Geikie. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 H34 G35 H35 Edition 1 1993 Reprinted 1995.


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