Douglas Glacier (Westland)

Douglas Glacier
Douglas Glacier Location of Douglas Glacier in New Zealand
Coordinates	43°41′S 170°00′E / 43.68°S 170.00°E / -43.68; 170.00
Length	3.5 km (2.2 mi)
Width	500 m (1,600 ft)
Status	Retreating

The Douglas Glacier is a glacier in New Zealand's Southern Alps located between Mount Sefton and Mount Brunner.^[1] It is named after the explorer Charles Edward Douglas.^[2]

The glacier sits in a valley and is fed by several streams and frequent avalanches which drop down a cliff face of over 1,000 feet from its névé to the north.^[1] The glacier itself was approximately 5 miles long in 1908.^[1] The glacier has a relatively high rate of moraine materials, consisting of "friable phyllites and schistose grauwackes".^[1]

At the foot of the glacier is a lake that was created by glacier recession.^[3] Reports from 1892 and 1934 indicated it had "an anomalously slow lake development".^[4] The Douglas River (formerly known as the Twain) begins in the lake at the foot of the glacier.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. House of Representatives. 1908. pp. 295–.
^ Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia. D. Bateman. 1987. ISBN 9780908610211.
^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company. 1937.
^ New Zealand Alpine Journal. New Zealand Alpine Club. 1995.

v t e Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Dampier Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Mount Haast Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak The Minarets Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Torres Peak Mount Vancouver
Mountain passes	Copland Pass
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier
Lakes	Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Wahapo
Rivers	Balfour River Callery River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Douglas River Fox River Hinatua River Karangarua River Ōmoeroa River Ōkārito River Ruera River Strauchon River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waitangitāhuna River
Lagoons	Ōkārito Lagoon
Walking tracks	Copland Track Roberts Point Track
Huts	Chancellor Hut
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Te Wahipounamu Waiau Glacier Coast Marine Reserve
Events	2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

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