Name details

Envisat Ice Stream

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 139134

Feature type: Ice stream

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.

Narrative

Ice stream flowing west into George VI Ice Shelf north west of Mount Vang Palmer Land. Named after Envisat a European Space Agency satellite launched in 2002 which operated until 2012. It carried 10 instruments including a more advanced imaging radar and radar altimeter instruments that extended data sets collected by the earlier European Remote Sensing satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2. Following a naming theme in western Palmer Land for Earth Observation satellites and their sensors that have collected important data for understanding the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 07' 00.0" S
-73.11667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 36' 30.0" W
-68.60833°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Earth Observation satellites and their sensors that have collected important data for understanding the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
10-May-2018

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