The Evans Ice Stream is a large

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draining from

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 ...

, between

Cape Zumberge Cape Zumberge is a steep rock cape on the west side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, marking the southwest end of the Orville Coast of Palmer Land on the continent of Antarctica. The name "Zumberge Nunatak" was given by the US- IGY party from Ellsworth S ...

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 feature was recorded on February 5, 1974, in Landsat imagery. It was named by the

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for Stanley Evans, a British

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who, starting in 1961, developed apparatus for radio echo sounding of

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and

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s from aircraft; he carried out upper atmosphere research at

Brunt Ice Shelf The Brunt Ice Shelf borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee after David Brunt, British meteorologist, Physical Secretary ...

, 1956–57.

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Evans Ice Stream
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Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice streams of Ellsworth Land {{Glaciology-stub

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