Griffiths Glacier is a prominent cirque-type 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...

 located northeast of Crisp Glacier

Crisp Glacier

Crisp Glacier is a glacier between Killer Ridge and Second Facet, flowing southeast into Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kelton W. Crisp, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of the electric shop at McMurdo Station, 1962....

 in Gonville and Caius Range

Gonville and Caius Range

Gonville and Caius Range are a range of peaks, 1,000 to 1,500 m, between Mackay Glacier and Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott. Named for Gonville and Caius College, of Cambridge University, the alma mater of several members of the...

, Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. The feature drains east-southeast to Debenham Glacier

Debenham Glacier

Debenham Glacier is a glacier flowing into the northern part of Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First mapped by the Discovery expedition . It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Frank Debenham, geologist with the expedition and Director of the Scott Polar...

 to the east of Second Facet

Second Facet

Second Facet is a steep ice-free bluff standing just west of First Facet, the two features together forming the north wall of Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. Charted and descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13....

. Named after Harold Griffiths (d. 1974) who was associated with Antarctic exploration for over 50 years. He was instrumental in the NZ Antarctic Society's campaign to get the NZ Government to establish a presence in Antarctica.