Foundation Ice Stream
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Foundation Ice Stream () is a major ice stream in Antarctica's Pensacola Mountains. The ice stream drains northward for 150 miles along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped the stream from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) named the stream in recognition of the National Science Foundation, which provided major support of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program during this period.
This article incorporates text from Foundation 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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