Goodenough Glacier () is a broad sweeping glacier to the south of the

Batterbee Mountains The Batterbee Mountains are a group of prominent mountains rising to , which forms part of the dissected edge of Dyer Plateau overlooking George VI Sound, on the west coast of Palmer Land. First seen and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellswor ...

, flowing from the west shore of

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

, Antarctica, into George VI Sound and the

George VI Ice Shelf The George VI Ice Shelf () is an extensive ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound which separates Alexander Island from Palmer Land in Antarctica. The ice shelf extends from Ronne Entrance, at the southwest end of the sound, to Niznik Island ...

. It was discovered in 1936 by A. Stephenson, W.L.S. Fleming, and

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of the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, while exploring George VI Sound, and was named by Rymill after

Margaret Goodenough Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning " pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throug ...

, wife of Admiral Sir William Goodenough, the latter being one of Rymill's principal supporters in raising funds for the expedition. Bell Rock is a very conspicuous and isolated nunatak located on the glacier.

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Glaciers of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub