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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–Ron ...
that flows southwest from the area between the
Behrendt Mountains 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 ...
and Mount Hassage into Evans Ice Stream. Named by the
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
for Professor David John Drewry, 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