The Grave Couloir is a glacial feature in the Murihiku / Southland region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

It has a latitude of -44.577917 and a longitude of  167.979306 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

First ascended by W.G. (William George) Grave, A.C. Gifford and the Don brothers in January 1898, it was named by George Moir in 1924 to honour Grave. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 D40 PtC40.


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