Ers ice flow

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Ers ice flow
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location Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Coordinates 72 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 72 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 29 ′  W
Ers Ice Stream (Antarctic Peninsula)
Ers ice flow
drainage George VI Sound

The Ers Ice Stream is an ice stream on the English coast of the Palmerland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between the Jensen Nunatakkern and the Gunn Peaks 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 ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites , which were used for remote sensing of the Antarctic.

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