Evans Ice Stream
| Evans Ice Stream | |
|---|---|
  Location of Evans Ice Stream in Antarctica | |
| Type | ice stream |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 76°00′S 78°00′W / 76.000°S 78.000°W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf |
| Status | unknown |
The Evans Ice Stream is a large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of the Ronne Ice Shelf. Mills Glacier flows adjacently into the ice stream from the southwest side.[1] The feature was recorded on February 5, 1974 in Landsat imagery. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Stanley Evans, a British physicist who, starting in 1961, developed apparatus for radio echo sounding of icecaps and glaciers from aircraft; he carried out upper atmosphere research at Brunt Ice Shelf, 1956–57.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Obituaries (William James Mills)". Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ "Evans Ice Stream". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
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