Philippi Glacier is coastal glacier about 15 mi long, flowing N to the E end of the West Ice Shelf, 15 mi W of Gaussberg. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by the ANCA for Emil Philippi, geologist with the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) under Erich von Drygalski, 1901-03, who made scientific observations in the vicinity of Gaussberg.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Philippi Glacier, Antarctica" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).