Malpighi 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 nautical miles (9 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, flowing southeast from Harvey Heights

Harvey Heights (Antarctica)

Harvey Heights is a series of elevations close north of Mount Parry and west of the head of Malpighi Glacier in central Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from...

 to join Mackenzie Glacier

Mackenzie Glacier

Mackenzie Glacier is a glacier 4 nautical miles long flowing eastward from Mount Parry to join Malpighi Glacier at the east coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys...

 at the east coast 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....

. First roughly charted 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 :...

, 1897–99, under Gerlache. 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. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Marcello Malpighi

Marcello Malpighi

Marcello Malpighi was an Italian doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features, like the Malpighian tubule system.-Early years:...

(1628–1694), Italian physiologist and pioneer histologist who first demonstrated the existence of the blood capillaries.