Jorda 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...

, about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains

Churchill Mountains

The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...

 between Mount Coley

Mount Coley

Mount Coley is a mountain, high, standing south of Mount Frost, in the Churchill Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Vernon J. Coley, commanding officer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica, 1957–58....

 and Pyramid Mountain

Pyramid Mountain

Pyramid Mountain can refer to:*Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada*Pyramid Mountain in Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field of British Columbia, Canada*One of six other mountains in British ColumbiaAlso:...

 and merging with the lower Nursery Glacier

Nursery Glacier

Nursery Glacier is a glacier about 20 nautical miles long, flowing southeast along the west side of Darley Hills to enter Ross Ice Shelf just south of Cape Parr. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because it was on this glacier that a litter of husky pups was born....

 just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...

. Named by 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...

 (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Henry P. Jorda, U.S. Navy, pilot with Squadron VX-6

VX-6

Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...

 during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze I, 1955-56.