Mount Murchison (Canterbury)
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Mount Murchison is a mountain in the Southern Alps
in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
. It is the highest point of the Shaler Range, which runs approximately north-south to the east of the Wilberforce River
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A col to the east of the peak separates two glaciers, the Kahutea Glacier to the south and the White Glacier to the Northeast.
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...
in the Canterbury Region 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...
. It is the highest point of the Shaler Range, which runs approximately north-south to the east of the Wilberforce River
Wilberforce River
The Wilberforce River is a river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It is located in western Canterbury and is naturally a tributary of the Rakaia River, but like the Harper River, it has had some of its flow diverted into Lake Coleridge as part of a hydroelectricity project...
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A col to the east of the peak separates two glaciers, the Kahutea Glacier to the south and the White Glacier to the Northeast.