McLeod Glacier (South Orkney Islands)

McLeod Glacier
Map showing the location of McLeod Glacier
Map showing the location of McLeod Glacier
Location of McLeod Glacier in the South Orkney Islands
LocationSouth Orkney Islands
Coordinates60°44′S 45°38′W / 60.733°S 45.633°W / -60.733; -45.633
Length1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
TerminusClowes Bay

McLeod Glacier is a glacier 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, flowing in a southeasterly direction into Clowes Bay on the south side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Michael McLeod, following a survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947. On 12 December 1821, the cutter Beaufoy under McLeod sailed to a position at least 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of the South Orkney Islands, where a chart annotation indicates that land was sighted, possibly Coronation Island.[1][2]

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