The Victoria 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 -43.498306 and a longitude of  170.140194 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.

West Coast. Leonard Harper gave this name to what became the Franz Josef Glacier in 1857, but it was transferred to the present glacier after von Haast’s visit in 1865. See also Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine. 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.


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