The Arrowsmith Range is a mountain range in the South Island

South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...

 of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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The range runs from southwest to northeast, parallel to the main ranges of the Southern Alps

Southern Alps

The Southern Alps is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the island's western side...

. At the northeastern end, the range terminates at Jagged Peak (2706 metres (8,878 ft)) from whence a ridge connects to the Jollie Range. The lower Potts Range is a continuation at the southwestern end of the range. The highest point on the range is Mount Arrowsmith (2781 metres (9,124 ft))

It is believed that the range was named in honour of John Arrowsmith

John Arrowsmith

John Arrowsmith may refer to:*John Arrowsmith , Master of Trinity College, Cambridge*John Arrowsmith , geographer and map publisher, nephew of the cartographer Aaron Arrowsmith...

, the 19th Century British cartographer.

Peaks

Named peaks from northwest to southeast

Name	Elevation (m)
Prop Peak	2408
Jagged Peak	2706
Upham Peak	2705
Tower Peak	2690
The Twins	2564
Couloir Peak	2642
Mount Arrowsmith	2781
Ashburton Peak	2359
Hakatere Peak	2298
South Peak	2343

Rivers

The northwest side of the range is drained by the Lawrence River

Lawrence River

The Lawrence River is a river of inland Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. One of the headwaters of the Rangitata River system, it flows south from its source north of Mount Arrowsmith, before joining with the Clyde River and Havelock River to become the Rangitata....

, a tributary of the Rangitata River

Rangitata River

The Rangitata River is one of the braided rivers that helped form the Canterbury Plains in southern New Zealand. It flows southeast for 120 kilometres from the Southern Alps, entering the Pacific Ocean 30 kilometres northeast of Timaru...

, and the southeast side by the Ashburton River South Branch / Hakatere

Ashburton River (New Zealand)

The Ashburton River / Hakatere is a river in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The river has two branches which meet from the coast, just inland of the town of Ashburton. The branches remain parallel and no more than apart for a further upstream of their confluence, finally diverging near...

 and the Cameron River

Cameron River

The Cameron River is a river of New Zealand. It flows southeast from the slopes of Mount Arrowsmith in the Southern Alps, reaching Lake Stream just to the north of the outflow from Lake Heron. The longer Ashburton River flows roughly parallel to the Cameron River, some three kilometres to the...

 which flows to Lake Heron.

Glaciers

Although the peaks do not have permanent ice or snow, there are a number of permanent snowfields and glaciers on the range:

• Jagged Glacier
• Douglas Glacier
• Cameron Glacier
• South Cameron Glacier
• Ashburton Glacier