Rastorguev Glacier is a large 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...

 which drains the east slopes of the Explorers Range

Explorers Range

Explorers Range is a large mountain range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, extending from Mount Bruce in the north to Carryer and McLin Glaciers in the south...

 between Mount Ford and Sturm and joins Lillie Glacier

Lillie Glacier

Lillie Glacier is a large glacier, about 160 km long and 16 km wide, between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The glacier tongue was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition,...

 via Flensing Icefall

Flensing Icefall

Flensing Icefall is a large icefall at the east side of the Bowers Mountains, situated south of Platypus Ridge at the junction of Graveson and Rastorguev Glaciers with the Lillie Glacier...

. Mapped by 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,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. 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) after Vladimir I. Rastorguev, Soviet IGY observer, a Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1957.