For the glacier located on Mount Lyell in California, see Lyell Glacier

Lyell Glacier

There is also a Lyell Glacier, South GeorgiaLyell Glacier is a small glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier was discovered by John Muir in 1871 , and is the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park. The glacier lies on the northern slopes of Mount Lyell.The glacier has retreated...

Lyell Glacier (54°17′S 36°37′W) 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...

 flowing in a north direction to Harpon Bay

Harpon Bay

Harpon Bay is a bay 1 mi wide, lying just east of Mercer Bay in the south part of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjöld. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK-APC for a...

 at the southeast head of Cumberland West Bay

Cumberland West Bay

Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide, and extends in a southwest direction. This feature was surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, who named it West Bay. It was remapped...

, South Georgia. Mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...

, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold, who named it for Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), eminent British geologist.

While the British Magistrate and other civilians and military present in Grytviken

Grytviken

Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...

 were removed from South Georgia, another 15 Britons remained beyond Argentine reach. The losses suffered at Grytviken prevented Argentina from occupying the rest of the island, with Bird Island base, and field camps at Schlieper Bay

Schlieper Bay

Schlieper Bay is a bay 1 mile wide, entered between Romerof Head and Weddell Point along the south coast of South Georgia. Schlieper Bay was named between 1905-12 after the director of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca....

, Lyell Glacier and St. Andrews Bay

St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Saint Andrews Bay is a bight 2 miles wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Skittle. Probably first sighted by the British expedition under Cook which explored the north coast of South Georgia in 1775. The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well...

remaining under British control.