Surko Stream
Coordinates: 77 ° 25 ′ S , 163 ° 44 ′ E
The Surko Stream is a meltwater river 1.5 km south of Gneiss Point on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the front of the Wilson Piedmont Glacier in an easterly direction to Arnold Cove .
The river was explored between 1957 and 1968 by the American geologist Robert Nichols (1904-1995) on behalf of the United States Navy . Nichols named him after Lieutenant Alexander Surko Jr. (1928-2013), deputy commander of a team in the US Navy for the construction of a runway just north of the river.
See also
Web links
- Surko Stream in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Surko Stream on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Surko Jr. obituary on covenantfuneralservice.com (accessed October 23, 2016).