It is close east of Seaton Glacier, flowing southward into Edward VIII Ice Shelf.

Rippon Glacier was mapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956, and named for Sgt.

Ralph Tudor Rippon, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson Station in 1959.

Still further west are the Tula Mountains, beyond which the Beaver Glacier flows into Amundsen Bay.

Collectively, these terrain features significantly modify weather produced by synoptic scale systems.