Walk Glacier (73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W / -73.633; -94.300Coordinates: 73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W / -73.633; -94.300) is a glacier descending westward from Christoffersen Heights, to the south of Forbidden Rocks, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Donald R. Walk, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge of Byrd Station, 1961.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Walk Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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