May Glacier | |
Photo Width: | 250px |
Map: | Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Type: | channel |
Location: | Wilkes Land |
Coordinates: | -66.2167°N 130.5°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | between Cape Morse and Cape Carr |
Status: | unknown |
May Glacier is a channel glacier about 5nmi wide and 6nmi long, flowing to the coast of Antarctica between Cape Morse and Cape Carr. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William May, passed midshipman on the of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Charles Wilkes.