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

It has a latitude of -43.505333 and a longitude of  170.426889 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

Named by Arch J. Scott, Dr Russell Fraser, and the guide Alf Brusted during a traverse on 7 January 1932, because they were able to climb and descend it at an exhilarating speed. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 I35 Edition 1 1993 Limited Revision 1996.


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