[1] The lower reaches and entrance to the Mariner Glacier valley were reconnoitered in December 1958 by Captain John Cadwalader, United States Navy, and two members of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), in a flight from the icebreakers USS Glacier and USS Staten Island which were lying close off the south end of Coulman Island, in an attempt to land expedition members on the mainland.

[1] The Mariner Glacier forms in the Victory Mountains between The Pleiades to the east and the Barker Range to the west.

Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert C. Wilhelm, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological party at Roosevelt Island in 1967–68.

Named by US-ACAN for Richard D. Olson of the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation, who participated in research administration activities at McMurdo Station, 1967–68.

A tributary glacier about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long in the Mountaineer Range.

Short tributary glacier situated 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west of Index Point in the east part of Mountaineer Range.

Named by US-ACAN for Jack W. Boyer, United States Navy, radioman at Hallett Station, 1962.

An isolated nunatak of red-brown color at the east side of the head of Mariner Glacier, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west-southwest of Mount McCarthy, Barker Range.

Several rock spurs exposed along the east side of the head of Mariner Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Mount McCarthy, in Victoria Land.

So named by the VUWAE field party to Evans Névé, 1971–72, on the occasion of fossil discoveries made in the area.

A bold ridge that projects from the middle of the head of Meander Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Mount Supernal.

A low, ice-covered point that forms the east extremity of the Mountaineer Range on the coast of Victoria Land.

The feature lies at the terminus of Mariner Glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) west of Emerging Island.

So named in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) because the shape is suggestive of an index finger.

An ice-covered island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east of Index Point, Victoria Land, in the north part of Lady Newnes Bay.

The feature is just west of and abuts the Borchgrevink Glacier Tongue where it discharges into Lady Newnes Bay.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.