Kamb Ice Stream (Antarctica)
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found: Work cat.: The dynamic history of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica, 2004.
found: GNIS Antarctica, Aug. 3, 2005(Kamb Ice Stream, stream, 82⁰15ʹS, 145⁰00ʹW, variant name: Ice Stream C. An ice stream flowing W to Siple Coast between Siple Dome and Whillans Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by USARP personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by US-ACAN in 2002 to honor Barclay Kamb)
found: GNISstream; 82°15ʹ00ʺS 145°00ʹ00ʺW
notfound: Geogr. names of the Antarctic, 2nd ed., 1995
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2005-08-07: new
2011-06-07: revised
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