Algae River: an extensive drainage system in the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Gibson, John A.E., Gore, Damian B., Kaup, Enn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Vestfold Hills; Shackleton; Vestfold; Bunger Hills; Wright Valley; Edisto; Shackleton Ice Shelf; Onyx River; Algae Lake; Queen Elizabeth Land; Transkriptsii Gulf; Apfel Glacier; Algae River; Edisto Ice Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400017526; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400017526

Abstract An extensive terrestrial drainage system, centred on Algae Lake in southern Bunger Hills, is described. The 25-km-long Algae River is the third longest known in Antarctica after Onyx River (Wright Valley, Victoria Land) and Druzhby River (Vestfold Hills, Queen Elizabeth Land). Algae River r...