Severinghaus 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...

 flowing southwestward from Karnare Col

Karnare Col

Karnare Col is the narrow rocky col of elevation 2100 m linking the southeast slopes of Mount Craddock to the northeast ridge of Mount Strybing in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It is extending 1.7 km in east-west direction, with a depression in its eastern part...

 along the north side of Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing is a mountain standing 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Craddock in the south part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It is linked to Mount Craddock by Karnare Col. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by...

 and the south side of Mount Craddock

Mount Craddock

Mount Craddock is a large, bold mountain forming the south extremity of Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, the highest mountain in Antarctica. It is linked by Karnare Col to Mount Strybing in the southern Sentinel Range...

 into Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier is a glacier flowing from Mount Atkinson and Mount Craddock southwards between Chaplin Peak and Krusha Peak into Nimitz Glacier in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

 in southern Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range

The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

, Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

 in Antarctica. Named by the US-ACAN (2006) after Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...

 Graduate School of Oceanography; USAP

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...

researcher from 1996 on the history of the atmosphere, including greenhouse gases, and history of climate changes, using the ice core record.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.