The Melchior Glacier is a glacier in the Te Tai Poutini / West Coast region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
It has a latitude of -43.498 and a longitude of 170.191 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.
A.P. Harper and Charles Douglas named this after the Swiss guide Melchior Anderegg. 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.