Brook 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...

 flowing westward between Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing is a mountain standing 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Craddock in the south part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It is linked to Mount Craddock by Karnare Col. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by...

, Mount Allen

Mount Allen (Antarctica)

Mount Allen is a mountain located 5.2 mi southeast of Mount Craddock in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The peak surmounts Saltzman Glacier to the north, Kornicker Glacier to the southeast, Bolgrad Glacier to the southwest and Brook Glacier to the west. It was...

 and Krusha Peak

Krusha Peak

Krusha Peak is the peak rising to 2800 m in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, surmounting Bolgrad Glacier to the southeast and Brook Glacier to the northwest....

 into Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier is a glacier flowing from Mount Atkinson and Mount Craddock southwards between Chaplin Peak and Krusha Peak into Nimitz Glacier in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

 in the southern Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range

The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

 of the Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

 in Antarctica. It was 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...

 (2006) after Edward J. Brook, Professor of Geosciences, Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

; U.S. Antarctic Project

United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It co-ordinates research and the operational support for research in the region...

investigator of Antarctic paleoclimate in numerous field seasons from 1988; Chair, U.S. National Ice Core Working Group for use of Antarctic ice cores for research purposes, 2004–05.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.