Whillans Ice Stream
Whillans Ice Stream is a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly known as Ice Stream B, renamed in 2001 in honor of Ohio State University glaciologist Ian Whillans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Whillans Ice Stream
- Type: Water
- Description: glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Categories: ice stream and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Whillans Ice Stream” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威蘭斯冰流”
- German: “Eisstrom B”
- German: “Whillans-Eisstrom”
- Hebrew: “זרם הקרח וילאנס”
- Italian: “Flusso di ghiaccio Whillans”
- Japanese: “ウィランズ氷流”
- Korean: “윌런스 빙하류”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whillansstraumen”
- Polish: “Whillans Ice Stream”
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