The Jervois Glacier is a glacier in the Murihiku / Southland region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
It has a latitude of -44.783139 and a longitude of 167.785472 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.
During their 1888 expedition Sutherland, Pillans, Mackinnon and Muir recorded that they had seen ‘above us a beautiful glacier with lovely icicles dependent from it … located behind a shoulder of Castle Mount. We named it Jervois after our esteemed Governor [Sir William Jervois]’. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 D41 Edition 1 1995.