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[[File: | [[File:Westarctica Ice Streams.jpg|thumb|Map of ice streams in Westarctica]] | ||
The '''MacAyeal Ice Stream''' (80°S 143°W), formerly '''Ice Stream E''', is an [[Ice Stream|ice stream]] in [[Westarctica]] flowing west to the juncture of the Shirase Coast and the [[Siple Coast]] between the Bindschadler Ice Stream and the Echelmeyer Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from [[Marie Byrd Land]] into the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. | The '''MacAyeal Ice Stream''' (80°S 143°W), formerly '''Ice Stream E''', is an [[Ice Stream|ice stream]] in [[Westarctica]] flowing west to the juncture of the Shirase Coast and the [[Siple Coast]] between the Bindschadler Ice Stream and the Echelmeyer Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from [[Marie Byrd Land]] into the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was investigated and mapped by U.S. [[Antarctic]] Research Program personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983–84 onward and named "Ice Stream E" according to its position from south to north. The name was changed from Ice Stream E by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2002 to honor Douglas R. MacAyeal of the Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, a U.S. Antarctic Program investigator in the [[Ross Sea]] area including study of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]], the [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] and various [[Marie Byrd Land]] ice streams from 1989–2002. | It was investigated and mapped by U.S. [[Antarctic]] Research Program personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983–84 onward and named "Ice Stream E" according to its position from south to north. | ||
The name was changed from Ice Stream E by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2002 to honor Douglas R. MacAyeal of the Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, a U.S. Antarctic Program investigator in the [[Ross Sea]] area including study of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]], the [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] and various [[Marie Byrd Land]] ice streams from 1989–2002. | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||