Wales Stream
Coordinates: 77 ° 35 ′ S , 163 ° 30 ′ E
The Wales Stream is a glacial stream in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows east from Wales Glacier in the Taylor Valley to Explorers Cove in New Harbor on the Scott Coast .
The name of the creek, derived from the glacier of the same name, was used by the New Zealand geologist Burton Murrell (1936–1995) in 1973. According to Murrell, the name probably goes back to his professional colleagues Harold William Wellman (1909–1999) and Colin George Vucetich (1918–1999). 2007) who were active in the area as part of a 1967-1968 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions .
See also
Web links
- Wales Stream in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wales Stream on geographic.org