Pourquoi Pas Glacier () is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of Pourquoi Pas Point. Delineated by French cartographers from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946âÂÂ47. Named in 1952 by the French Antarctic Sub-committee after the Pourquoi-Pas?, polar ship of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908âÂÂ10, later used by Charcot in expeditions to Greenland.
Pourquoi Pas Glacier Tongue () is a prominent glacier tongue 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending seaward from Pourquoi Pas Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946âÂÂ47, and named for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?.