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

It has a latitude of -42.985444 and a longitude of  171.273333 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

Possibly named after Edward G Griffith (c.1831-1889), who explored the upper Wilberforce River area with JS Browning in 1865.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 J33 Edition 1 1991 Reprinted 1994.


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