Volta Glacier

Glacier in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

44°21′S 168°47′E / 44.350°S 168.783°E / -44.350; 168.783Length9 km (5.6 mi)Width1.2 km (0.75 mi)Highest elevation2,360 m (7,740 ft)Lowest elevation1,050 m (3,440 ft)StatusDeclining^[1]

The Volta Glacier is located in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand.

It is split into upper and lower glaciers which are connected by an icefall. The Upper Volta Glacier^[2] is between 1,600–2,000 m (5,200–6,600 ft) in altitude and is surrounded by the 3 peaks of Glacier Dome, Pickelhaube and Fastness Peak, while the Lower Volta Glacier^[3] sits directly under the North side of Mount Aspiring / Tititea and lies between 1,000–1,400 m (3,300–4,600 ft). The Lower Volta Glacier feeds an unnamed lake at the Glacier Toe, which in turn feeds the Waiatoto River which eventually runs out to the West Coast.

References

^ "New Zealand glaciers shrinking". NIWA. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Place name detail: Upper Volta Glacier". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "Place name detail: Lower Volta Glacier". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

Mountains

Mount Aspiring / Tititea
Mount Brewster
Mount Earnslaw
Mount Franklin

Mountain ranges

Humboldt Mountains

Glaciers

Dart Glacier
Olivine Ice Plateau
Rob Roy Glacier
Volta Glacier

Gorges and mountain passes

Gates of Haast
Haast Pass

Rivers

Arawhata River
Barrier River
Bonar River
Burke River
Cascade River
Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
Donald River
Drake River
Fish River
Forgotten River
Landsborough River
Makarora River
Matukituki River
Mueller River
Ngatau River
Olivine River
Pearson River
Pyke River
Red Pyke River
Routeburn River
Te Naihi River
Waiatoto River
Whitbourn River
Williamson River
Young River

Waterfalls

Walking tracks

Other

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 Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau 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