Kempe Glacier is a short alpine 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...

, bounded on the north by Dismal Ridge

Dismal Ridge

Dismal Ridge is a forked ridge leading north and east from the Mount Kempe-Mount Huggins saddle. It is bounded on the north and west by the Radian and Glimpse Glaciers, and on the south by Kempe Glacier. The two forks enclose the Glee Glacier and descend to Roaring Valley...

 and on the south by the Mount Kempe-Mount Dromedary ridge, whose chief nourishment is neve fields on the north slopes of Mount Kempe

Mount Kempe

Mount Kempe is a peak, 3,005 m, midway between Mounts Huggins and Dromedary in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition which named it for Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, at that time Treasurer of the Royal Society....

. The glacier drains northeast toward Roaring Valley

Roaring Valley

Roaring Valley is a moraine-filled valley on the north side of Mount Dromedary, formerly occupied by the coalescing glaciers that descend northeast and north from Mount Kempe and Mount Dromedary...

. Named by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960–61, for its association with Mount Kempe.