Yancey Glacier


Yancey Glacier is a precipitous glacier in Britannia Range, flowing east from the vicinity of Mount McClintock and then southeastward to enter Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with nearby Byrd Glacier for, an attack cargo ship of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, led by Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.