Doran Stream
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Doran Stream is a meltwater stream, 3,000 m long, flowing north from an unnamed alpine glacier
east of Sollas Glacier
to Priscu Stream in Taylor Valley
, Victoria Land
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1996 after Peter T. Doran, paleolimnologist, Desert Research Institute
(Reno, NV), who has conducted studies of the paleolimnology and climate of the McMurdo Dry Valleys
from 1993.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
east of Sollas Glacier
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. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, for William J. Sollas, professor of geology at Oxford....
to Priscu Stream in Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in 1996 after Peter T. Doran, paleolimnologist, Desert Research Institute
Desert Research Institute
The Desert Research Institute is the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education , the organization that oversees all publicly-supported higher education in the U.S. state of Nevada...
(Reno, NV), who has conducted studies of the paleolimnology and climate of the McMurdo Dry Valleys
McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of snow-free valleys in Antarctica located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The region is one of the world's most extreme deserts, and includes many interesting features including Lake Vida and the Onyx River, Antarctica's longest river.-Climate:The Dry...
from 1993.