Photographed from the air by United States Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (OpHjp) in January 1947.
The FrAE under Marret sledged west along the coast to Victor Bay, close east of this glacier, in December 1952.
Named by the FrAE for the polar ship Commandant Charcot which transported French expeditions to this area, 1948-52.
During December 1912 members of the Main Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) camped on the upland slopes close east of the glacier, but no reference was made to the glacier in the AAE reports, though a clear view and unpublished sketch were obtained of the distant coast to the northwest.
Delineated from air photos taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for André Liotard [es], leader of the FrAE, 1949-51, whose group completed the initial survey of the coastal features as far westward as this glacier.
Delineated from aerial photos taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Mario Marret, leader of the FrAE, 1952-53, whose party extended reconnaissance of the coastal features to the west side of Victor Bay.
Glacier about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, flowing north-north-west from the continental ice along the west side of Lacroix Nunatak and terminating in a prominent tongue at the west side of Port Martin.
Charted by the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51, and named for the Zelee, corvette which accompanied d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe.
Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for the French corvette Zélée.