Boyd Glacier is a heavily crevassed 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...

 flowing west-northwest for about 45 miles (72.4 km) to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Bailey Ridge

Bailey Ridge

Bailey Ridge is a serrate ridge long, standing between Mount Blades and Fleming Peaks in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered on aerial flights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named by the United States Antarctic Service for Clay W. Bailey, a member of both...

 and Mount Douglass

Mount Douglass

Mount Douglass is an ice-covered mountain 8 nautical miles east-southeast of Mount Woodward on the south side of Boyd Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 on aerial flights of the ByrdAE. Named for Malcolm C. Douglass, dog driver at West Base of the United States...

 in the Ford Ranges

Ford Ranges

The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...

, Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. It was discovered on aerial flights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named for Vernon D. Boyd, expedition machinist, and a member of West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41).