Foundation Ice Stream | |
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Location of Foundation Ice Stream in Antarctica | |
Location | Queen Elizabeth Land |
Coordinates | 83°15′S 60°00′W / 83.250°S 60.000°W |
Length | 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf |
Status | unknown |
Foundation Ice Stream (83°15′S 60°00′W / 83.250°S 60.000°W) is a major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. The ice stream drains northward for 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter the Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif.[1]