Pitkevitch 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...

, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from the Admiralty Mountains

Admiralty Mountains

The Admiralty Mountains is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica...

 along the west side of DuBridge Range

DuBridge Range

DuBridge Range is a mountain range over 20 nautical miles long in the Admiralty Mountains. The range trends SW-NE. between Pitkevitch Glacier and Shipley Glacier and terminates at the north coast of Victoria Land just west of Flat Island. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys...

. The glacier reaches the sea just east of Atkinson Cliffs

Atkinson Cliffs

Atkinson Cliffs are high coastal cliffs, long, between the lower ends of Fendley Glacier and Pitkevitch Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Dr. Edward L. Atkinson, surgeon of...

, where it forms Anderson Icefalls

Anderson Icefalls

Anderson Icefalls is an icefall at the lower end of Pitkevitch Glacier terminating in a cliff face high, located just southeast of Atkinson Cliffs along the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted in 1911 by Commander Victor Campbell's Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition,...

. A portion of the terminus merges northwestward with Fendley Glacier

Fendley Glacier

Fendley Glacier is a glacier, 17 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63....

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Staff Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company.-Australia:...

, Leonard M. Pitkevitch, United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

(USAF), who perished in the crash of a C-124 Globemaster aircraft in this vicinity in 1958.