Name details

Echelmeyer Ice Stream

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 125471

Feature type: Watercourse (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice stream flowing W to Shirase Coast to the N of MacAyeal Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by USARP personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by US-ACAN in 2002 to honor Keith A. Echelmeyer, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, who studied the flow of Marie Byrd Land ice streams, 1992-93 and 1994-95, as well as fast flow of surging glaciers in Alaska and Greenland.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
79° 10' 00.0" S
-79.16667°
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Longitude:
150° 00' 00.0" W
-150.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2003

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