Cryosat ice stream
| Cryosat ice stream | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 18 ′ S , 69 ° 57 ′ W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Cryosat Ice Stream is an ice stream on the English coast of the Palmerland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows northwest of the Savin Nunatak and 40 km southeast of the Eklund Islands in a westerly direction to the George VI Ice Shelf in George VI Sound .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It is named after the satellites CryoSat-1 and CryoSat-2 , which were used for remote sensing of the Antarctic.
Web links
- Cryosat Ice Stream in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)