Bally Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 6 miles (10 km) long which occupies the central part of the Carlstrom Foothills

Carlstrom Foothills

The Carlstrom Foothills are a group of peaks and ridges running north-south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau in the Churchill Mountains. The feature is long with summits rising to...

 of the Churchill Mountains

Churchill Mountains

The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...

. It flows north along the east side of Mount Blick

Mount Blick

Mount Blick is a conical peak rising to over 1400 m in the north extremity of Carlstrom Foothills, Churchill Mountains. The peak is on the west side of Bally Glacier, 8 nautical miles east-southeast of Pyramid Mountain...

 into Jorda Glacier

Jorda Glacier

Jorda Glacier is a glacier, about 15 nautical miles long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain and merging with the lower Nursery Glacier just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...

. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 after John Bally of the University of Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

 Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Boulder, CO; he was United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It co-ordinates research and the operational support for research in the region...

 principal investigator and field team member of the Advanced Telescope Project, South Pole Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica, 1992–95.