It flows northward to the coast between Nelson Cliff and Mount Cherry-Garrard where it forms the Simpson Glacier Tongue.

The Simpson and Fendley glaciers pass on either side of Mount Cherry-Garrard and join in the Simpson Glacier Tongue which protrudes from the north coast of Victoria Land into the Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Nelson Cliff.

A glacier, 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and Atkinson Cliffs.

Sergeant Iman A. Fendley, United States Air Force, who perished in the crash of a C-124 Globemaster aircraft in this vicinity in 1958.

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