The Shanks Glacier is a glacier in the Waitaha / Canterbury region of the Te Waipounamu / South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
It has a latitude of -43.323417 and a longitude of 170.812194 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.
Probably named for Charles Barnes Shanks who arrived as a surveyor in 1857, serving in the Dunedin Survey office, then in Christchurch, retiring by 1910 and moving to England.
It’s geographical description is noted as: Feature shown on: NZMS260 J35 Edition 1 1990.