Wiesnet ice flow
| Wiesnet ice flow | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Type | Ice flow | |
| length | 24 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 24 ′ S , 86 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Venable Ice Shelf | |
The Wiesnet-ice stream is a 24 km long river of ice in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . On the Bryan coast , west of the Allison Peninsula, it flows into the Venable Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 after Donald R. Wiesnet of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , a pioneer in the 1970s and 1980s in using remote sensing data to create maps of Antarctica .
Web links
- Wiesnet Ice Stream in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wiesnet Ice Stream on geographic.org (English)