Name details

Delta Stream

Delta Stream (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Delta Stream  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113131

Feature type: Watercourse (10)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small intermittent stream, approximately 5km long flowing from Howard Glacier into Lake Fryxell between Canada and Commonwealth Glaciers in the Taylor Valley. Delta Stream is on the south valley wall in Taylor Valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

Although undoubtedly seen by geologists of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, no record was made of this stream. First studied on the ground by Professor T L Péwé of the US Deep Freeze III, 1957-58, on 21 December 1957. Named by Péwé because the stream has a series of deltas along its length which have been cut through as the stream was rejuvenated. The rejuvenation being caused by the lowering of the former glacial lake.

Location

Latitude:
77° 38' 00.7" S
-77.63354°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 06' 54.7" E
163.11519°
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Altitude:
76 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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