Macy Glacier

Macy Glacier
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Macy Glacier
Map showing the location of Macy Glacier
Location of Macy Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Macy Glacier
Map showing the location of Macy Glacier
Macy Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°41′20″S 60°08′10″W / 62.68889°S 60.13611°W / -62.68889; -60.13611
Length3.7 nautical miles (6.9 km; 4.3 mi)
Width1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBrunow Bay
Statusunknown
Upper Macy Glacier from Catalunyan Saddle, Tangra Mountains.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Macy Glacier is a 3.7 nautical miles (6.9 km; 4.3 mi) long and 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) crescent-shaped glacier on the southern slopes of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The glacier is bounded by Friesland Ridge to the northwest, Levski Ridge to the northeast and Peshev Ridge to the southeast, and flows southwestwards into the head of Brunow Bay.

The feature was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 for Robert Macy, Master of the brig Aurora, one of the fleet of American sealers from New York which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.[1]

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