Sentinel Ice Stream
| Sentinel Ice Stream | ||
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| location | Palmerland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 38 ′ S , 73 ° 14 ′ W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Sentinel Ice Stream is an ice stream on the English coast of the Palmerland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows to the George VI Ice Shelf in George VI Sound , which it reaches northwest of the Yee Nunatakker and 30 km southeast of DeAtley Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It is named after the Sentinel satellites of the European Copernicus program , which were used for remote sensing of the Antarctic.
Web links
- Sentinel Ice Stream in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)