Murchison Glacier
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The Murchison Glacier is an Template:Convert long glacier flowing through Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Lying to the east of the Malte Brun range and west of the Liebig Range, high in the Southern Alps, it flows from the Tasman Saddle at 2,435 m mostly southwestwards to around 1,110 m. The Murchison River, which takes its meltwater, flows under the larger Tasman Glacier to the south.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Murchison Glacier is named after Roderick Murchison, one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>