Name details

Kite Stream

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140318

Feature type: Watercourse

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 meltwater stream in the Victoria Valley, Victoria Land, that arises on the south side of Lower Victoria Glacier and flows for approximately 11.5km to Lake Vida. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James Steven Kite, University of Maine, geological field assistant with the Victoria Valley party, 1977-78. Kite was conducting research in the glacial geology of Victoria Valley, when, not as a part of his research, he found a 43-pound meteorite iron in a moraine approx 500m inland from Victoria Lower Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
77° 23' 06.5" S
-77.38513°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 05' 46.5" E
162.09625°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
372 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_Northern_DV_Middle_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Nov-1979

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