It was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977, association with the nearby uplands, from The Dream of Gerontius, an oratorio by Edward Elgar.
glacier | Huron Glacier | Glacier | The Dream of Gerontius | Kaliakra Glacier | Beardmore Glacier | Pine Island Glacier | Morton Glacier | Huntress Glacier | Ekblad Glacier | West Glacier, Montana | Union Glacier | Solun Glacier | Rutgers Glacier | Glacier Peak | Geikie Glacier | Fairweather Glacier | East Glacier Park Village, Montana | Drygalski Glacier | Depot Glacier | Baltoro Glacier | Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park | Wapta Glacier | Vulture Glacier (Azeroth) | The Dream of Gerontius (poem) | Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition | Stancomb-Wills Glacier | Skelton Glacier | Schanz Glacier | Saint Gerontius |