Canham Glacier is a tributary 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...

 about 30 mile long which drains the northwest part of Evans Neve

Evans Neve

Evans Neve is a large neve which nourishes the Tucker, Mariner, Aviator, Rennick and Lillie Glaciers. Named for Edgar Evans of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64. Evans, Wilson, Oates and Bowers...

. The glacier drains northwest between the Alamein Range

Alamein Range

Alamein Range is a mountain range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. Named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64.- List of...

 and the Salamander Range

Salamander Range

Salamander Range is a distinctive linear range between the Canham and Black Glaciers, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64, from the nickname given to Lord Freyberg by Sir Winston Churchill, for the lizard that is...

 of the Freyberg Mountains

Freyberg Mountains

Freyberg Mountains is a group of mountains in Victoria Land, bounded by Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64...

 and enters the Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly 200 miles long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is 20 to 30 miles wide, narrowing to 10 miles near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The...

 westward of Bowers Peak

Bowers Peak

Bowers Peak is a peak, high, forming a part of the divide between Hunter Glacier and Hoshko Glacier in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, for Lieutenant John M. Bowers, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron...

. 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, 1960–62, 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 Lieutenant Commander David W. Canham, Jr., officer in charge of the winter party at the U.S. Naval Air Facility, McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound

The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...

, 1956.