Harrison Stream
Coordinates: 77 ° 17 ′ S , 166 ° 24 ′ E
The Harrison Stream is a small meltwater river in the northwest of the Antarctic Ross Island . It flows between Trachyte Hill and Cinder Hill in a westerly direction to the north end of Romanes Beach .
It was mapped by scientists from a 1958-1959 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the New Zealand mountaineer John Harrison (1932-1966), a participant in the expedition.
See also
Web links
- Harrison Stream in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harrison Stream on geographic.org (English)