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

It has a latitude of -43.484049 and a longitude of  170.611032 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

Murphy Stream: Named by H.F. Wright after his traveling companion J.P. Murphy in 1912. Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on NZTopo50-BX17 068826.


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