Roe 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...

, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northwest through the Tapley Mountains

Tapley Mountains

The Tapley Mountains is a mountain range fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for between Leverett and Albanus glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains, a part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains....

 to enter Scott Glacier

Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, 120 miles long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf...

 just south of Mount Durham

Mount Durham

Mount Durham is a mainly ice-free mountain, 860 m, standing at the east side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the northwest limit of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould...

. 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, 1960-64. 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 Derrell M. Roe, a member of summer parties at McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...

 in 1963-64 and 1964-65 and station engineer with the McMurdo

McMurdo

McMurdo may refer to:*Archibald McMurdo , British naval officer**McMurdo Station, a station at the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica***The South Pole Traverse, also known as the McMurdo – South Pole highway...

winter party in 1966.