Goodenough Glacier () is a broad sweeping
glacier
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to the south of the
Batterbee Mountains, flowing from the west shore of
Palmer Land,
Antarctica
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, into
George VI Sound
George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. It ...
and the
George VI Ice Shelf. It was discovered in 1936 by
A. Stephenson,
W.L.S. Fleming, and
George C.L. Bertram of the
British Graham Land Expedition under
John Rymill
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, while exploring George VI Sound, and was named by Rymill after
Margaret Goodenough, wife of Admiral Sir
William Goodenough
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, 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.]
References
Glaciers of Palmer Land
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