Kennedy Glacier is a steep 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...

, 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) long, flowing east from Kottmeier Mesa

Kottmeier Mesa

Kottmeier Mesa is a prominent 2,120 m mesa, 2.8 nautical miles northwest of Mount J.J. Thompson in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Almost wholly ice covered, the mesa is 1.5 nautical miles long, averages 0.5 nautical miles wide, and rises above the converging heads of David Valley, Bartley...

 into upper Matterhorn Glacier, Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. 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) (1997) after Henry Kennedy, Deputy Director of the Antarctic Peninsula System for ITT Antarctic Services, 1985–90, with responsibility for Palmer Station

Palmer Station

Palmer Station, on Anvers Island, is Antarctica's only US station north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other US Antarctic stations, is operated by the United States Antarctic Program....

 and MV Polar Duke and procurement for RV Nathaniel B. Palmer. Worked on specialized technical projects with Antarctic Support Associates (ASA) from 1990 to the time of naming.