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Stancomb-Wills Ice Stream

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111360

Feature type: Watercourse

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

• Stancomb-Willsstraumen (Norway)

Narrative

Stancomb-Wills Glacier (75° 32' 10" S, 20° 20' 00" W) NW extension into BAT of Stancomb-Willsstraumen, Dronning Maud Land, flowing into the Weddell Sea between Brunt Ice Shelf and Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, W of Lyddan Ice Rise, Caird Coast. The floating glacier tongue of this feature was roughly charted by BITAE, 15 January 1915, and named Stancomb Wills Promontory after Miss (later Dame) Janet Stancomb-Wills (d. 1932), a prime supporter of the expedition, after whom one of the Endurance's boats was also named ([in 74°10'S 25°00'W] Shackleton, 1919, p.xii, end map; Wordie, 1921b, p.17; BA, 1930, p.132; chart 1240, 22.iv.1949; 3170, 1.vii.1955; 1961, p.445; [in 74°30'S 23°00'W] Thomas, 1973, map p.14). Stancomb-Wills Shelf Ice (AGS map, [1929c]). Promontorio Stancomb Wills (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Stancomb-Wills Ice Tongue (USAF chart 1806, 1947). Lengua de Hielo Stancomb-Wills (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Mys Stankom-Uils (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Stancomb Wills, Stancomb Wills Eiszunge, Hielo de Stancomb Wills, Lengua de Stancomb Wills, Riesengletscher Stancomb Wills (Capurro, 1955, p.1-2, 38, 141, 145). Stancomb Wills-Schef [sic]-Eis (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Following the voyage of the Argentine icebreaker General San Martín along this coast in January 1955, it was reported that the glacier tongue had calved along the line of Brunt Ice Front (Thomas, 1957c, p.354). Barrière Stancomb-Wills (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). In January 1956, TAE reported a concentration of icebergs in the area where the seaward part of the floating glacier tongue of this feature had disintegrated. Stancomb(e)(-)Wills Ice Promontory (USHO, 1956, p.79; Fuchs and Hillary, 1958e, p.24). Is-Forbjerg Stancombe [sic] Wills, Stancombe [sic] Wills-Isforberget, Eisvorgebirge Stancomb Wills, Kaf Hakerah Hagadol St'enkomb Wils, Lodowe Mierzeje Stancombe [sic] Wills, Promontoire de Glace Stancombe [sic] Wills, Promontório Gelado de Stancombe [sic] Wills, Stancombe [sic] Wills Voorgebergte, Stancomb Wills-Istungen, Sutankomu Uirusu Aisu Puromontori, Cabo de Wills Ice, Stancombe [sic]-Willsov Leden Polotok, Stancombe [sic] Willsv Ledovy VybezÄek, Stancombe [sic] Wills-Jéghegyfok (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958c, p.37; 1958b, p.33; 1958d, p.29; 1958a, p.24; 1959f, p.47; 1959g, p.34; 1959b, p.28; 1959d, p.27; 1959a, p.30; 1959c, Vol. 1, p.50; 1959e, p.30; 1960a, p.24; 1960b, p.37; 1962, p.35). Stancomb-Wills Glacier, referring to the grounded part of the feature centred in 75°18'S 19°00'W, mainly in Dronning Maud Land (AGS map, 1970; Alberts, 1977, p.47). Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue, referring to the seaward, mainly floating part of the feature in 75°00'S 22°00'W (AGS map, 1970; Alberts, 1977, p.47). Dalgliesh Ice Stream, referring to the grounded part after Surg. Capt. D.G. Dalgliesh, RN (Dalgliesh Bay, q.v.) (Thomas, 1973, map p.6) – this place-name was never official and no longer applies. The whole feature was delineated from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1974. Stancomb-Wills Ice Stream, referring to the part in BAT, W of 20°00'W (BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981; APC, 1982, p.3). Amended to Stancomb-Wills Glacier, referring to the grounded part in BAT, west of 20°00'W (APC, 2013).

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