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Story: Glaciers and glaciation

New Zealand glaciers

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New Zealand glaciers

Each glacier in the New Zealand Glacier Inventory is plotted here as a red dot. Most are found in the central (and highest) part of the Southern Alps. Apart from several small glaciers near the crest of Mt Ruapehu, glaciers are confined to the South Island.

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Eileen McSaveney, Glaciers and glaciation – Glaciers in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/10727/new-zealand-glaciers (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 April 2021.