The Priestley Glacier is a major valley

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, about long, originating at the edge of the Polar Plateau of

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, Antarctica. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower Ranges to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet. It was first explored by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Raymond E. Priestley, a

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with the Northern Party. Priestley Névé () is the névé at the head of Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. It was named by the

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in about 1966 in association with Priestley Glacier.

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