McLeod Glacier (South Orkney Islands) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids McLeod Glacier
Location in South Orkney Islands
Location	South Orkney Islands
Coordinates	60°44′S 45°38′W / 60.733°S 45.633°W / -60.733; -45.633
Length	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Clowes Bay
Status	unknown

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 December 12, 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.