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44: 282: 306: 294: 270: 51: 785: 702: 811: 510:. A major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward between the Patuxent and Neptune Ranges to enter Foundation Ice Stream. Named by US-ACAN for the National Academy of Sciences which has played an important role in the planning of the United States program for Antarctica. 472:. A glacier in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining northeastward between the Thomas and Anderson Hills to Foundation Ice Stream. Named by US-ACAN for Edlen E. MacNamara, USARP exchange scientist at Molodezhnaya Station winter 1967. 789: 706: 324:
to the south, where it is joined from the right (south) by the MacNamara Glacier. Further down the Academy Glacier joins it from the right. The ice stream continues north-northwest past the
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in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward to the upper part of Foundation Ice Stream. Named by US-ACAN for its proximity to the Patuxent Range.
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of Antarctica. The ice stream drains northward for 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) along the west side of the
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to enter Foundation Ice Stream. Named by US-ACAN for John H. Childs, builder at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.
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The Foundation Ice Stream originates to the west of the Patuxent Range. It flows northwest past the
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(1995), 426:. 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Index

Patuxent Ice Stream
Map showing the location of Foundation Ice Stream
Antarctica
Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates
83°15′S 60°00′W / 83.250°S 60.000°W / -83.250; -60.000 (Foundation Ice Stream)
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
83°15′S 60°00′W / 83.250°S 60.000°W / -83.250; -60.000 (Foundation Ice Stream)
ice stream
Pensacola Mountains
Patuxent Range
Neptune Range
Ronne Ice Shelf
Dufek Massif
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
National Science Foundation
U.S. Antarctic Research Program
Head of the ice stream
west of mid-section
east of mid-section
Mouth of the ice stream
Rambo Nunataks
Thomas Hills
Williams Hills
Neptune Range
Schmidt Hills
Ronne Ice Shelf
OpenStreetMap

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