Institute Ice Stream

Institute Ice Stream
Location of Institute Ice Stream in Antarctica
Location	Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	82°S 75°W / 82°S 75°W / -82; -75
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

The Institute Ice Stream (82°S 75°W / 82°S 75°W / -82; -75Coordinates: 82°S 75°W / 82°S 75°W / -82; -75) is an ice stream flowing north into the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, southeast of Hercules Inlet. The feature was traversed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth–Byrd Seismic Party, 1958–59, and the USARP – University of Wisconsin Seismic Party, 1963–64. It was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute – National Science Foundation – Technical University of Denmark airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and in association with Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier, named after the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Institute Ice Stream" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).