The Airy Glacier (69°13′S 66°20′W / 69.217°S 66.333°W / -69.217; -66.333) is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, flowing west to the northeast portion of Forster Ice Piedmont, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Airy Glacier
Map showing the location of Airy Glacier
Map showing the location of Airy Glacier
Location of Airy Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Airy Glacier
Map showing the location of Airy Glacier
Airy Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationAntarctic Peninsula
Coordinates69°13′S 66°20′W / 69.217°S 66.333°W / -69.217; -66.333
Length20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)
Width6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusForster Ice Piedmont
Statusunknown

The glacier was first roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition of 1936–37, then photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947, and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1958. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for George Biddell Airy, British Astronomer Royal, who in 1839 introduced a method of correcting magnetic compasses for deviation.

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  This article incorporates public domain material from "Airy Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.