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Drewry Ice Stream () is an ice stream in eastern
Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of the Filchner–Ronn ...
that flows southwest from the area between the Behrendt Mountains and
Mount Hassage The Behrendt Mountains () is a group of mountains, 32 km (20 mi) long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing 11 km (7 mi) SW of Merrick Mountains at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered ...
into
Evans Ice Stream The Evans Ice Stream is a large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of the Ronne Ice Shelf. Mills Glacier flows adjacently into the ice stream from the southwest side. The f ...
. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee for Professor
David John Drewry David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in Grimsby)David J Drewry
spea ...
, former Director of Scott Polar Research Institute and the British Antarctic Survey.Drewry Ice Stream
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Ice streams of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub