Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureGlacierNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA major glacier about 10 miles wide in its lower reaches and of undetermined length, which descends from the interior highlands to the head of Shackleton Inlet at the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Photographed from the air by the US Navy "Operation High-jump", 1946-47. The name, Nimrod Glacier, given by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, is an association with Shackleton Inlet, and is named for the expedition ship Nimrod of the BAE, 1907-09, under Shackleton.
