Vangengeym 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...

 about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, draining the vicinity east of Mount Mentzel

Mount Mentzel

Mount Mentzel is a peak standing 6 nautical miles east of Mount Zimmermann in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for the president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ....

 and flowing north toward Mount Seekopf

Mount Seekopf

Mount Seekopf is a peak surmounting the east side of Lake Ober-See in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name Seekopf by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, under Ritscher....

 in the Gruber Mountains

Gruber Mountains

Gruber Mountains is a small group of mountains consisting of a main massif and several rocky outliers, forming the northeast portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, under Alfred Ritscher...

, Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...

. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition

New Swabia

New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...

, 1938–39, and was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...

, 1956–60; remapped by 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....

, 1960–61 and named after Soviet meteorologist Georgiy Vangengeym (1886–1961).