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Bohner Stream () is a meltwater stream, long, flowing north from the south end of
Sollas Glacier Sollas Glacier is a glacier between Marr and Hughes Glaciers, flowing from the Kukri Hills toward the east end of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of ...
to
Priscu Stream This is a list of rivers of Antarctica. Although they are variously named rivers, creeks or streams, those listed are technically all meltwater streams. Table References {{Antarctica Rivers Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's ...
in
Taylor Valley Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo So ...
,
Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. It was named by the
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in 1996 after Lieutenant Commander Robert T. (Beez) Bohner,
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, helicopter pilot, Squadron
VXE-6 Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forwa ...
, who flew Antarctic missions from 1986; was liaison with the
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, 1989–91; and organized the first spring (WINFLY) helicopter flights to
McMurdo Dry Valleys The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby ...
in 1991.


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* Rivers of Victoria Land McMurdo Dry Valleys {{McMurdoDryValleys-geo-stub