Möller Ice Stream () is an Antarctic
ice stream
An ice stream is a region of fast-moving ice within an ice sheet. It is a type of glacier, a body of ice that moves under its own weight. They can move upwards of a year, and can be up to in width, and hundreds of kilometers in length. They t ...
that drains an area of of the
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the segment of the Antarctic ice sheet, continental ice sheet that covers West Antarctica, the portion of Antarctica on the side of the Transantarctic Mountains that lies in the Western Hemisphere. The WAI ...
as it flows north-northeast into the
Ronne Ice Shelf to the west of
Foundation Ice Stream
Foundation Ice Stream is a major ice stream in Antarctica's Pensacola Mountains. The ice stream drains northward for along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter the Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif. The Unit ...
. The drainage basin of this ice stream is separated by the
Rambo Nunataks from the drainage basin of Foundation Ice Stream.
[
The feature was delineated from U.S. ]Landsat
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imagery commissioned by the Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
, Germany, recorded January–March, 1986. It was named after German engineer Professor Dietrich Möller
Dietrich Möller (born 3 November 1937 in Dortmund) is a German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse ( CDU) and former mayor of Marburg.
Möller was the chairman of VfB Marburg
VfB Marburg is a German football club based in Marburg, ...
, Director of the Institute for Land Survey at the Technical University of Braunschweig
The Technische Universität Braunschweig (unofficially University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology), commonly referred to as TU Braunschweig, is the oldest ' (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. ...
from 1972, and Deputy Leader and in charge of geodetic work at Filchner Station
Filchner Station was a German research station in the Antarctic. Administered by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, it was established in February 1982 on the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf. The first station in Antarctica t ...
on the Ronne Ice Shelf in 1979–80.[
]
See also
* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
* List of Antarctic ice streams
This is a list of Antarctic ice streams.
A complete list of Antarctic ice streams is not available. Names and locations of Antarctic ice features, including those listed below, can be found in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
The ...
References
Ice streams of Queen Elizabeth Land
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
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