Stange Sound () is a sound about long and wide along the coast of

Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctica, Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by the Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of t ...

, Antarctica. An ice shelf occupies the sound, which is bounded on the west by Smyley Island and Case Island, on the south by the mainland, on the east by Spaatz Island and on the north by open water in the Ronne Entrance. Photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...

(RARE. 1947-48) under

Finn Ronne Finn Ronne (December 20, 1899 – January 12, 1980) was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer. Background Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer ...

. Named for Henry Stange of New York, a contributor to RARE who gave much time to assisting in preparations for the expedition.

Location

Stange Sound is on the English Coast of

. It is largely ice-covered. It adjoins Carroll Inlet to the west and Ronne Entrance to the north and east, from which it is separated by Spaatz Island. Hill Glacier flows into the sound from Spaatz Island.

Features

Stange Ice Shelf

. The ice shelf in Stange Sound, English Coast, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island, to the northwest by Smyley Island, and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet. Named in association with Stange Sound.

Spaatz Island

. A high ice-covered island, long and wide, lying close to the coast of Ellsworth Land, east of Smyley Island. The north side of the island forms a portion of the south margin of Ronne Entrance. The remainder of the island is surrounded by the ice shelves of Stange Sound and

George VI Sound George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. I ...

. Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the US AS (1939–41) sledged along the north side of this feature in December 1940. It was photographed from the air and first mapped as an island by the RARE (1947-48) under Finn Ronne. Named by Ronne for Gen. Carl Spaatz, Chief of Staff, United States ArmyAF, who gave assistance in providing an airplane for use of RARE.

Ronne Entrance

. Broad southwest entrance of George VI Sound where it opens on Bellingshausen Sea at the southwest side of

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. Discovered on a sledge journey through the sound in December 1940 by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the USAS, 1939–41, and named Ronne Bay. Since 1940, the head of the bay has receded eastward into George VI Sound, altering the relationships on which the name was based. The name was therefore changed to Ronne Entrance, in keeping with the physical characteristics of the feature. Named after the Ronne family, of which the father, Martin Ronne, was a member of the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen, 1910-12, and the ByrdAE, 1928-30; and the son, Finn Ronne (d.1980), was a member of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and the USAS, 1939-41. Finn Ronne also served as leader of the RARE, 1947^48, and as military and scientific leader at Ellsworth Station during the IGY, 1957.

Hill Glacier

. A broad glacier that drains the west-central part of Spaatz Island, at the south side of Ronne Entrance. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lennie J. Hill, USGS Topographic Engineer, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Survey Party, 1967-68.

Lidke Ice Stream

. An ice stream about long flowing north into Stange Sound, east of Mount Benkert. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. The ice stream was first visited by a USGS field party in January 1985. Named by US-ACAN after David J. Lidke, USGS geologist, a member of the party.

Hall Glacier

A glacier flowing north between Lidke Ice Stream and Nikitin Glacier into Stange Sound. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Dann V. Hall, United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveyor in support of the Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1976-77; team member, joint United States Geological Survey (USGS)-British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Doppler Landsat Control Project, 1977-78, via twin otter aircraft and ship to discrete positions at Haag Nunataks, Orville Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Ronne Ice Shelf, Filchner Ice Shelf, Lyddan Island, Theron Mountains, Deception Island, Signy Island, Bird Island and South Georgia.

Nikitin Glacier

A glacier flowing north into Stange Sound, English Coast, eastward of Lidke Ice Stream and an unnamed intervening glacier. Named by the USSR Academy of Sciences (1987) after Afanasiy Nikitin (died 1472), a Russian traveller who documented a visit to India and Africa during the years 1466-72.

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