Feature Name (see definition): Priscu Stream

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17354

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 39' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 45' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.65

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1996

Description (see definition): Meltwater stream, 3,000 m long, flowing SW from SE end of Lacroix Glacier to the NE end of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after John C. Priscu, ecologist, Montana State University; principal investigator from 1984 on numerous studies of marine and fresh water systems in the McMurdo region and the author of numerous papers on the ecology of this area; led first WINFLY expedition (1991) into the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Date Created (see definition): 09/22/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data