Feature Name (see definition): Evans Ice Stream

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4660

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 00' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 078° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature was recorded on Feb. 5, 1974 in Landsat imagery. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Stanley Evans, British physicist who, starting in 1961, developed apparatus for radio echo sounding of icecaps and glaciers from aircraft; he carried out upper atmosphere research at Brunt Ice Shelf, 1956-57.

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