Tomilin 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...

 over 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining north from Pope Mountain

Pope Mountain

Pope Mountain is a largely ice-free mountain rising directly at the head of Tomilin Glacier, 3 nautical miles southeast of Governor Mountain, in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...

 in central Wilson Hills

Wilson Hills

Wilson Hills is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last...

. It enters the sea east of Goodman Hills

Goodman Hills

Goodman Hills is a group of coastal hills of about 10 nautical miles extent, rising directly south of Cape Kinsey and between the Paternostro Glacier and Tomilin Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named for Commander Kelsey...

 and Cape Kinsey

Cape Kinsey

Cape Kinsey is an ice-covered cape at the east side of Davies Bay. Discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy, of the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Mr. J.J. Kinsey, who was the official representative of the...

, forming a substantial glacier tongue. The glacier was photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947, and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition

Soviet Antarctic Expedition

The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....

 in 1958. Named by the latter for Soviet polar aviator Mikhail N. Tomilin (1908–52), who perished in the Arctic.