Mountain Ice Stream
| Mountain Ice Stream | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| length | 50 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 42 ′ S , 78 ° 20 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Carroll Inlet , Lake Bellingshausen | |
The Berg-Eisstrom is a 50 km long ice flow in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows in a northerly direction between the Rydberg Peninsula and the Espenschied-Nunatak to Carroll Inlet on the English coast .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Captain Harold Berg, commander of the icebreaker USNS Eltanin during the Antarctic voyages between 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Berg Ice Stream in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Berg Ice Stream on geographic.org (English)