This is a list of Antarctic ice streams.

A complete list of Antarctic 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...

s is not available. Names and locations of Antarctic ice features, including those listed below, can be found in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...

, Gazetteer. Major Antarctic ice drainage systems are given by Rignot and Thomas (2002). These include the ice streams with the greatest flow, which are listed below.

Bailey Ice Stream Bailey Ice Stream Bailey Ice Stream is an ice stream on the northern margin of the Theron Mountains, flowing west-southwest to the Filchner Ice Shelf. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Jeremy Thomas Bailey , a British Antarctic Survey glaciologist, who with two companions died in a... Bindschadler Ice Stream Bindschadler Ice Stream Bindschadler Ice Stream is an ice stream between Siple Dome and MacAyeal 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 U.S...  (Ice Stream D) Byrd Glacier Byrd Glacier The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about 136 km long and 24 km wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet.Named by the NZ-APC after Rear... David Glacier David Glacier David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica, fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year... Denman Glacier Denman Glacier Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some , which debouches into Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson named the glacier for... DeVicq Glacier DeVicq Glacier DeVicq Glacier , is a large Antarctic glacier that drains the area between Ames Range and McCuddin Mountains in Marie Byrd Land and flows north to enter the Getz Ice Shelf to the southeast of Grant Island. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by... Echelmeyer Ice Stream Echelmeyer Ice Stream The Echelmeyer Ice Stream is a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly known as Ice Stream F. It was renamed in 2001 in honor of Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks glaciologist Dr. Keith Echelmeyer, who was a student of Barclay Kamb for whom Kamb Ice...  (Ice Stream F) Evans Ice Stream Evans Ice Stream Evans Ice Stream is a large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature was recorded on February 5, 1974 in Landsat imagery... 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... Institute Ice Stream Institute Ice Stream Institute Ice Stream is an ice stream flowing north into Ronne Ice Shelf, southeast of Hercules Inlet. The feature was traversed by the United States Antarctic Research Program Ellsworth-Byrd Seismic Party, 1958–59, and the USARP-University of Wisconsin Seismic Party, 1963-64... Jutulstraumen Glacier Jutulstraumen Glacier Jutulstraumen Glacier is a large glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, about 120 miles long, draining northward to the Fimbul Ice Shelf between the Kirwan Escarpment, Borg Massif and Ahlmann Ridge on the west and the Sverdrup Mountains on the east... Kamb Ice Stream Kamb Ice Stream Kamb Ice Stream , a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly known as Ice Stream C, renamed in 2001 in honor of Caltech Glaciologist Dr. Barclay Kamb.-Sources:*...  (Ice Stream C) Lambert Glacier Lambert Glacier Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier... Land Glacier Land Glacier Land Glacier , is a broad, heavily-crevassed glacier, about 35 miles long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service and named for R. Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission.... MacAyeal Ice Stream MacAyeal Ice Stream MacAyeal Ice Stream , formerly Ice Stream E, flows west to the juncture of Shirase and Siple Coasts between Bindschadler Ice Stream and Echelmeyer Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf...  (Ice Stream E) Mercer Ice Stream Mercer Ice Stream Mercer Ice Stream , formerly Ice Stream E, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is the southern most of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf...  (Ice Stream A) Mertz Glacier Mertz Glacier Mertz Glacier is a heavily crevassed glacier in George V Coast of East Antarctica. It is the source of a glacial prominence that historically has extended northward into the Southern Ocean, the Mertz Glacial Tongue... Möller Ice Stream Möller Ice Stream Möller Ice Stream is an Antarctic ice stream flowing north northeast into the Ronne Ice Shelf to the west of Foundation Ice Stream. The drainage basin of this ice stream is separated by Rambo Nunataks from the drainage basin of Foundation Ice Stream. The feature was delineated from U.S...

Mulock Glacier Mulock Glacier Mulock Glacier in Antarctica is a heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf 40 km south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.Named by the NZAPC in association with Mulock Inlet.... Ninnis Glacier Ninnis Glacier Ninnis Glacier is a large, heavily hummocked and crevassed glacier descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on George V Coast in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Lieutenant B. E. S... Patuxent Ice Stream Patuxent Ice Stream Patuxent Ice Stream is a broad Antarctic ice stream between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward to the upper part of Foundation Ice Stream. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory... Pine Island Glacier Pine Island Glacier - Ice sheet drainage :The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest mass of ice on earth, containing a volume of water equivalent to of global sea level. The ice sheet forms from snow which falls onto the continent and compacts under its own weight. The ice then moves under its own weight toward the... Rayner Glacier Rayner Glacier Rayner Glacier is a prominent glacier, 10 miles wide, flowing north to the coast of Enderby Land just west of Condon Hills. It was sighted in October 1956 by Squadron Leader D. Leckie during a flight in an ANARE Beaver aircraft, and named by ANCA for J.M... Recovery Glacier Recovery Glacier The Recovery Glacier is a glacier flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the CTAF in 1957, it was so named because of the recovery of the expedition's vehicles which repeatedly broke into bridged crevasses... Rutford Ice Stream Rutford Ice Stream Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf... Scott Glacier Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains) The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, 120 miles long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf... Shirase Glacier Shirase Glacier Shirase Glacier is a large glacier entering Havsbotn, the bay that forms the head of Lutzow-Holm Bay in Antarctica. The area occupied by this feature was first mapped as a bay and named Instefjorden by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveys by JARE, 1957-62, revealed the large glacier... Slessor Glacier Slessor Glacier The Slessor Glacier is a glacier at least 120 km long and 80 km wide, flowing west into the Filchner Ice Shelf to the north of the Shackleton Range. First seen from the air and mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956... Smith Glacier Smith Glacier Smith Glacier is a low-gradient Antarctic glacier, over 160 km long, draining from Toney Mountain in an ENE direction to Amundsen Sea. A northern distributary, Kohler Glacier, drains to Dotson Ice Shelf but the main flow passes to the sea between Bear Peninsula and Mount Murphy, terminating at... 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... Stancomb-Wills Glacier Stancomb-Wills Glacier Stancomb-Wills Glacier is a large glacier that debouches into eastern Weddell Sea southward of Lyddan Island. The glacier was discovered in the course of the U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the coast on November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey from photographs... Thwaites Glacier Thwaites Glacier Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and fast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea, east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. Its surface speeds exceed 2 km/yr near its grounding line, and its fastest flowing grounded ice is centred... Totten Glacier Totten Glacier Totten Glacier is a large glacier off the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Australian Antarctica. It drains northeastward from the continental ice but turns northwestward at the coast where it terminates in a prominent tongue close east of Cape Waldron... Whillans Ice Stream Whillans Ice Stream Whillans Ice Stream , 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 Dr. Ian Whillans.-Recent Research:...  (Ice Stream B) Van der Veen Ice Stream Van der Veen Ice Stream Van der Veen Ice Stream , formerly Ice Stream B1, is a large southeastern tributary to the Whillans Ice Stream in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Cornelis J... (Ice Stream B1)