Sir Hubert Wilkins photographed this feature from the air in 1928 and gave it the name "Crane Channel", after
C.K. Crane of Los Angeles, reporting that it appeared to be a channel cutting in an east-west direction across the peninsula. The name was altered to "Crane Inlet" following explorations along the west coast of the peninsula in 1936 by the
British Graham Land Expedition, which proved that no through channel from the east coast existed as indicated by Wilkins. Comparison of Wilkins' photograph of this feature with those taken in 1947 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey shows that Wilkins' "Crane Channel" is this glacier, although it lies about northeast of the position originally reported by Wilkins. == Glacial speed ==