Barber Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 rising just east of Mount Bruce

Mount Bruce (Antarctica)

Mount Bruce is a prominent mountain, high, rising just south of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and between Gannutz Glacier and Barber Glacier in the Bowers Mountains. It was discovered by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who explored along this coast in the Terra Nova in...

 in the Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...

 and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont

Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont

Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont is a coastal ice piedmont, about 10 nautical miles long and wide, located immediately north of Bowers Mountains and between the lower ends of Gannutz and Barber Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62...

 and Rosenau Head

Rosenau Head

Rosenau Head is a steep, ice-covered coastal headland located on the east side of Barber Glacier in the Bowers Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Darrell D. Rosenau, U.S. Navy,...

. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 for Captain Don W. Barber, CE, USA, construction and equipment officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.