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Kite Stream

Coordinates: 77°23′S 162°5′E / 77.383°S 162.083°E / -77.383; 162.083
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Kite Stream (77°23′S 162°5′E / 77.383°S 162.083°E / -77.383; 162.083) is a meltwater stream in the Victoria Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica, that flows west from Victoria Lower Glacier into Lake Vida. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after James Steven Kite of the University of Maine, who was a 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 (20 kg) iron meteorite in a moraine 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) inland from Victoria Lower Glacier.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Kite Stream". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-08.

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