title: Mahaffey Glacier
text: # Mahaffey Glacier
  
  Mahaffey Glacier (72°18′S 96°26′W﻿ / ﻿72.300°S 96.433°W﻿ / -72.300; -96.433) is a glacier flowing into the head of Morgan Inlet at the east end of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.S. Mahaffey, a Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas in 1946–47.
  
  