Name details

Sentinel Ice Stream

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 139137

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 into George VI Ice Shelf and English Coast north west from Yee Nunataks and 30 km south east from DeAtley Island. 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. The ESA-developed Sentinel suite of European Union owned satellites supports the EU Copernicus environmental and climate change monitoring programme including provision of Synthetic Aperture Radar altimeter and multi-spectral datasets.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 38' 00.0" S
-73.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
73° 14' 00.0" W
-73.23333°
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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