Evans Ice Stream
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Evans Ice Stream () is 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 February 5, 1974 in Landsat imagery. It was named by the 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.
This article incorporates text from Evans Ice Stream, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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