Bagshawe Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 which drains the northeast slopes of Mount Theodore

Mount Theodore

Mount Theodore is a mountain 4 nautical miles southeast of Mount Inverleith on the south side of Bagshawe Glacier, near the west coast of Graham Land. Named by Scottish geologist David Ferguson who made a geological reconnaissance in this vicinity from the whale catcher Hanka in 1913....

 and discharges into Lester Cove

Lester Cove

Lester Cove is a cove forming the southernmost part of Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Maxime C. Lester , who, with T.W. Bagshawe, wintered...

, Andvord Bay

Andvord Bay

Andvord Bay is a bay long and wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for Rolf Andvord, Belgian consul at Christiania at that time....

, on the west coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. The mouth of the glacier was first seen and sketched by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

 in February 1898, and the glacier was first roughly surveyed by K.V. Blaiklock of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from the M.C. Lester, wintered at Waterboat Point

Waterboat Point

Waterboat Point is the low westernmost termination of the peninsula between Paradise Harbor and Andvord Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. This feature has "island" characteristics, but it is only separated from the mainland at high water and is more usefully described as a "point." The coast...

near Andvord Bay in 1921.