Name details

Cryosat Ice Stream

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 139135

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 Savin Nunatak and 40 km south east of Eklund Islands. 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. CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency satellite launched in 2010 and planned to be operational until 2022. It is specifically designed for monitoring the cryosphere and uses sophisticated synthetic aperture radar altimetry and radar interferometry techniques to provide improved accuracy over rugged ice sheet margins and sea ice in polar waters.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 18' 00.0" S
-73.30000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
69° 57' 00.0" W
-69.95000°
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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