The Whymper 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 -43.478639 and a longitude of 170.359778 and it’s status is: Unofficial Recorded.
The glacier was named by Dr Robert von Lendenfeld, the saddle by Noel (T.N.) Brodrick, after Edward Whymper, a well-known British climber. 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.