Ryder Glacier is a gently sloping
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long and wide, flowing west from the
Dyer Plateau
Dyer Plateau () is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains. It is buttressed by Goettel Escarpment.
The plateau was first exp ...
of
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
into
George VI Sound
George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. It ...
to the south of
Gurney Point Gurney Point () is a small rocky mass overlooking George VI Sound, rising to and marking the western extremity of the rock ridge separating Bertram Glacier and Ryder Glacier on the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. The point was first seen a ...
. First surveyed in 1936 by the
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) in 1954 for Captain
Robert Ryder
Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder (16 February 1908 – 29 June 1986) was a Royal Navy officer and a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwea ...
,
Royal Navy
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, who as Lieutenant, was commander of the ''
Penola'' during the BGLE, 1934–37.
Glaciers of Palmer Land
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