Olivine Ice Plateau

Glacier in New Zealand

44°26′26″S 168°22′00″E / 44.440594°S 168.366606°E / -44.440594; 168.366606Highest elevation2200mLowest elevation700m

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 / Te Awa Whakatipu, Hollyford / Whakatipu Kā Tuka and Matukituki rivers' headwaters.^[5]

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]

References

^ "Department of Conservation: New Zealand Wilderness areas" (PDF). www.doc.govt.nz.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Reed, Alexander Wyclif (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Reed Books. p. 357. ISBN 9780790007618.
^ "Olivine Ice Plateau, West Coast". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "New Zealand's glaciers face great melt". Stuff. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ Temple, Philip (1985). New Zealand Explorers: Great Journeys of Discovery. Whitcoulls Publishers. ISBN 9780723307433.
^ ^a ^b Jul '17, Shaun Barnett 18 July 201718 (17 July 2017). "Into the Forgotten". Wilderness Magazine NZ. Retrieved 3 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Jun '16, Geoff Spearpoint 17 June 201617 (16 June 2016). "Olivine Wilderness Area". Wilderness Magazine NZ. Retrieved 3 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Forgotten River and the Olivine Ice Plateau NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Olivine Ice Plateau NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "A Tea Party on the Olivine Ice Plateau". CUTC. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

Map of the Olivine Ice Plateau

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

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 Spoon 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