Canyon Glacier
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The Canyon Glacier rises to the north of the Pain Névé, below Mount Wexler in the Hughes Range to the east. The Commonwealth Range is to the west, including Mount Hermanson and Gray Peak, which overlook the upper reaches. The Canyon Glacier flows north and is joined by the Cunningham Glacier from the left (west). It continues north past the Separation Range along its west side. At its mouth it passes the Nadeau Bluff and the Giovinco Ice Piedmont to the east and Mount Cope to its west.
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Features
Cunningham Glacier
84°16′S 173°45′E / 84.267°S 173.750°E. A tributary glacier flowing northeast to enter Canyon Glacier 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Gray Peak. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Willard E. Cunningham, Jr., cook at McMurdo Station, winter 1960; at South Pole Station, winter 1963.
Nadeau Bluff
84°04′S 175°09′E / 84.067°S 175.150°E. A mainly ice-covered bluff just southwest of Giovinco Ice Piedmont, protruding into Canyon Glacier from that glacier's east side. Named by US-ACAN for F. A. Nadeau, Jr., a member of the support party at McMurdo Station, 1963.