Olivine Ice Plateau

The Olivine Ice Plateau is a glacier in the Olivine Wilderness Area[1] and Aspiring National Park in New Zealand's South Island.[2] The Plateau is named after the mineral olivine, which is common within the Dun Mountain Ophiolite that underlies the area.[3] The Plateau extents to the west over the Forgotten River Col. into the Forgotten River and to the North it merges with the Andy Glacier, which feeds a tributary of the Arawhata River.[4] The Olivine Ice Plateau is one of many glaciers in the region of the Arawhata, Dart, Hollyford and Matukituki rivers' headwaters.[5]

Olivine Ice Plateau
Upper Forgotten River and edge of the Olivine Ice Plateau
LocationFive Finger Range
Coordinates44.440594°S 168.366606°E / -44.440594; 168.366606
Highest elevation2200m
Lowest elevation700m

The area was explored and mapped in the 1930s by J.T. Holloway.[6][3] In the 2010s the glacier has retreated, leading to a more rocky approach to the Plateau over the Forgotten River Col.[7] The Plateau is "revered" by New Zealand trampers for its remote and challenging location.[7][8][9][10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Department of Conservation: New Zealand Wilderness areas" (PDF). www.doc.govt.nz.
  2. Spearpoint, Geoff; Hegg, Danilo (2013). Moir's Guide North: The Otago Southern Alps : from the Hollyford to Lake Ōhau : a Tramping and Transalpine Guide. New Zealand Alpine Club Publications. pp. 118, 136. ISBN 9780958279178.
  3. Reed, Alexander Wyclif (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Reed Books. p. 357. ISBN 9780790007618.
  4. "Olivine Ice Plateau, West Coast". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. "New Zealand's glaciers face great melt". Stuff. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. Temple, Philip (1985). New Zealand Explorers: Great Journeys of Discovery. Whitcoulls Publishers. ISBN 9780723307433.
  7. Jul '17, Shaun Barnett 18 July 201718 (17 July 2017). "Into the Forgotten". Wilderness Magazine NZ. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. Jun '16, Geoff Spearpoint 17 June 201617 (16 June 2016). "Olivine Wilderness Area". Wilderness Magazine NZ. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. "Forgotten River and the Olivine Ice Plateau NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Olivine Ice Plateau NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. "A Tea Party on the Olivine Ice Plateau". CUTC. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.


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