Laennec 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...

 3 nautical miles (6 km) long flowing northeast into Hill Bay

Hill Bay

Hill Bay is a bay, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, which indents eastern Anvers Island between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point. The bay was roughly surveyed by the Admiralty Hydrographic Unit, 1951-52. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard C...

 on the east side of Brabant Island

Brabant Island

Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...

, in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd

Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd

Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd was a British aerial photography company. It incorporated Aerofilms Ltd and the Aircraft Operating Company.In 1947 it was using three types of aircraft: Austers, a Percival Proctor and a D. H. Rapide and planned to acquire one or more Percival Mergansers...

. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rene T.H. Laennec (1781–1826), French inventor of the stethoscope

Stethoscope

The stethoscope is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal body. It is often used to listen to lung and heart sounds. It is also used to listen to intestines and blood flow in arteries and veins...

and pioneer investigator of chest diseases.