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Glacier in Antarctica This article is about the glacier in Antarctica. For the glacier in Greenland, see Ryder Glacier (Greenland).

Ryder Glacier
Location of Ryder Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Dyer Plateau, Palmer Land
Coordinates	71°7′S 67°20′W / 71.117°S 67.333°W / -71.117; -67.333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	George VI Sound
Status	unknown

Ryder Glacier is a gently sloping glacier, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long and wide, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land into George VI Sound to the south of Gurney Point. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Captain Robert Ryder, Royal Navy, who as Lieutenant, was commander of the Penola during the BGLE, 1934–37.

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By territory	Adélie Land Bouvet Island Coats Land Ellsworth Land Enderby Land Graham Land Heard Island and McDonald Islands James Ross Island and Graham Land Kaiser Wilhelm II Land Kemp Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Oates Land Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land Palmer Land Princess Elizabeth Land Queen Elizabeth Land Queen Mary Land Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency South Georgia South Shetland Islands South Orkney Islands Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land Victoria Land Wilkes Land
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v t e Glaciers of Palmer Land

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