Smith Glacier is a low-gradient Antarctic 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...

, over 160 km (100 mi) long, draining from Toney Mountain

Toney Mountain

Toney Mountain is an elongated snow-covered shield volcano, 60 km long and rising to 3,595 m in Richmond Peak, located 56 km SW of Kohler Range in Marie Byrd Land...

 in an ENE direction to Amundsen Sea

Amundsen Sea

The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It is bounded by Cape Flying Fish, the northwestern tip of Thurston Island to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. East of Cape Flying Fish starts the Bellingshausen Sea. West of Cape Dart is...

. A northern distributary, Kohler Glacier

Kohler Glacier

Kohler Glacier is a distributary of the Smith Glacier in Marie Byrd Land, flowing northward through the middle of the Kohler Range into Dotson Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN in association with the Kohler Range.-See also:* List of glaciers...

, drains to Dotson Ice Shelf

Dotson Ice Shelf

Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 48 km wide between Martin and Bear Peninsulas on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.First mapped by USGS from air photos obtained by USN Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. William A...

 but the main flow passes to the sea between Bear Peninsula

Bear Peninsula

Bear Peninsula is a peninsula about 80 km long and 40 km wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.First delineated from aerial photographs...

 and Mount Murphy

Mount Murphy

Mount Murphy is a massive, snow-covered and highly eroded shield volcano with steep, rocky slopes. It is directly south of Bear Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land. The mountain is bounded by the Smith, Pope and Haynes Glaciers....

, terminating at Crosson Ice Shelf

Crosson Ice Shelf

Crosson Ice Shelf , is an Antarctic ice shelf, about 35 miles wide, located north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. The ice shelf is nurtured by Smith, Pope, Vane, and Haynes Glaciers. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos,...

.

Mapped by USGS

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1959–65. Named by US-ACAN after Philip M. Smith (Smith Bluffs), Deputy Director, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, who in the period 1956–71 participated in a large number of expeditions to Antarctica in field and supervisory capacities.

See also

• Ice stream
  Ice stream
  An ice stream is a region of an ice sheet that moves significantly faster than the surrounding ice. Ice streams are a type of glacier. They are significant features of the Antarctic where they account for 10% of the volume of the ice...
  
  
• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• List of Antarctic ice streams