[1] The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton.

The main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon-Tiki Nunatak.

[5] Tributaries from the left (Churchill Mountains) side are, from east to west:

Algie who, as Minister in Charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, gave his strong support to the New Zealand party of the CTAE, 1956-58.

Named by the NZ-APC for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges party of the NZGSAE (1964-65) for M. Gray, postmaster and assistant radio officer at Scott Base, 1965.

[11] On December 31, 1993, a ski-equipped Hercules (LC-130) aircraft crashed on Lucy Glacier, near Mount Isbell.

The group consisted of Gina Seegers-Szablewski, Greg Gelhar, mountaineer Shaun Norman (New Zealand), and John Isbell.

[citation needed] Tributaries from the right (Queen Elizabeth Range) side are, from east to west:

Lowery who, as a member of a field party, suffered injuries when a Sno-cat broke through a crevasse bridge off Cape Selborne in November 1959.

Named by US-ACAN for Edgar L. Doss, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63.

Named by US-ACAN for David L. Tranter, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63.

Named by US-ACAN for William L. Heilman, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62.