Keilhau 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...

 5 miles (8 km) long flowing west from Kohl Plateau

Kohl Plateau

Kohl Plateau is an ice-covered plateau, over 760 m, standing between the heads of Keilhau and Neumayer Glaciers in the central part of South Georgia. Discovered and first indicated on a map by Ludwig Kohl-Larsen during his 1929-30 expedition, the plateau was surveyed and named for its discoverer...

 and then southwest to Jossac Bight

Jossac Bight

]Jossac Bight is a bight extending for 7 miles along the south coast of South Georgia between Holmestrand and Aspasia Point. The name "Jossac Bite" [sic] was used by the early sealers for a bight to the southeast of King Haakon Bay, probably the feature now described...

, on the south coast of South Georgia. Mapped by Olaf Holtedahl

Olaf Holtedahl

Olaf Holtedahl, , was a geologist who was a winner of the Wollaston Medal. He was elected member of the Royal Society in 1961.- Bibliography :...

 during his visit to South Georgia in 1927-28, and named by him for Baltazar M. Keilhau (1797–1858), Norwegian geologist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Christiania.