Institute Ice Stream is an ice stream

Ice stream

An ice stream is a region of an ice sheet that moves significantly faster than the surrounding ice. Ice streams are a type of glacier. They are significant features of the Antarctic where they account for 10% of the volume of the ice...

 flowing north into Ronne Ice Shelf, southeast of Hercules Inlet

Hercules Inlet

Hercules Inlet is a large, narrow, ice-filled inlet which forms a part of the southwest margin of Ronne Ice Shelf. It is bounded on the west by the southeast flank of the Heritage Range, and on the north by Skytrain Ice Rise. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the LC-130 Hercules...

. The feature was traversed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth-Byrd Seismic Party, 1958–59, and the USARP-University of Wisconsin Seismic Party, 1963-64. It was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute

Scott Polar Research Institute

The Scott Polar Research Institute is a centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide. It is a sub-department of the Department of Geography in the University of Cambridge, located on Lensfield Road in the south of Cambridge ....

 (SPRI)-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and in association with Foundation Ice Stream

Foundation Ice Stream

Foundation Ice Stream is a major ice stream in Antarctica's Pensacola Mountains. The ice stream drains northward for 150 miles along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif. The United States Geological Survey mapped the stream...

 and Support Force Glacier

Support Force Glacier

Support Force Glacier is a major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for the U.S...

, named after the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England.