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I-2600-F Map Sheet GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS SERIES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Prepared in cooperation with the MAP I–2600–F (2d ed.) U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM Explanatory pamphlet accompanies map 115 W 120°W ° 110°W 125°W 105°W W 104 130° °W 30°W 0° 30°E DEC 72 30 7 5 4'S 2°5 0 72°5 4'S ° THERN OCEAN SOU NDSEN 2 U 0 M S 6 S A 0 73 0 73° EA °S ° BUR 88 KE 60°W 60°E B IS FE LAN 5 EB 88 D 2 25 F 7 JAN 73 0 11 ° T 19 H 1997 08W 97 2S126 7732 W AN 8 0 ° A N O L I R 1 EL T E 1 SS S I J U T A R NT 0 R C N 1 OU 280 Y 1 M A 7 BA E 90 E 0 U 3 90°W ° J 40 L A LE 2 0 H N SIP 0 T G S 0 7 2 00 2 S 3 16 0 5 F 40 EB 25 FEB 8 O 1 3W 88 8 00 254 88 24 JAN 90 U S1 EB 2 2 4 5 F 2 90 1 33 2 . 24 JAN I 7 24 J . 0 AN7 AN 90 0 T 0 JAN 9 0 199 2 0 24 10 7 5 1 NOV 73 C H FEB 24 997 1997 23 88 J E 00 A 2 8 N 7 R N E 9 0 D 2 0 N A T . 0 E 2 C 0 JAN 90 B E E 24 7 1 C L 2 6 2 . O 00 2 2 7 1 0 . N . C 0 0 E O S .1 0 I DE 4 C 0 0 0 2 22 E R . 4 32W R A N 2 00 I U 0 N77353S120 NCAN 5 A DU O L N R 2 0.1 M 6 F 0 P BE AR 1 C 8 E E HUL LA E G 0 . 1 G NINSU D B E 7 0 25 9 88 P 24 JAN 90 6 2 120°W H 120°E 8 B L 9 8 E 8 8 L G F 7 EB F T E F 5 8 B 5 2 C R 2 E U 25 88 D 25 DEC 86 Y O E FEB 8 E 7 .5 23 N 5 .3 1997 8 199 0 OV 2 0 0 S G T E 73 0 R 2 2431W 90 23 JAN 90 R 1 49S N L E 3 N77 A O I A J E I N 24 K 5 C . B 0 2 S O R 0 3 2 A 1997 0 N N 7 A O T N 3 S E . V E D E 5 4 L I . 2 1 7 L E L R . 0 9 3 E 0 9 0 C B 0 7 N G G 1 C 0 I 2 7 1 O D 7 JA R N .4 2 A 4 N A A 0 N D V 7 L 3 8 3 E S I I . E U 0 8 L C Y 0 9 B N N E B N 8 150°W 180° 150°E G 0 N L E AR 9 I 6 F A E C N 3 7 A . J 5 D 9 J WRIGHT H 2 4 6 0 3 9 2 0 8 2 P 0 1 4 0 EC .7 . ISLAND D 0 2 0 2 5 2 0 Index map of the planned 24 coastal-change and 00 7 6 9 16 9 .2 JA 1 N .2 0 73 glaciological maps of Antarctica at 1:1,000,000 .4 0 0 1997 F .3 23 scale. Bakutis Coast area map is shaded. L 0 JAN U 0.5 400 90 G 5 23 2 A . J Y . ER AN 23 JAN 90 0 9 E 0 NG 0 L I 5 S . L L 27 G 0 DE G 4 4 C 7 4 2 I A . 4 . R . U . 0 L 0 0 0 W 3 MO S ORE 7 U 6 0 NUNN 8 N . S G 2 5 C N D UR R 0 A E O N A W N D ME ON 1 M J 0 00 0S11950 I 1 . 2 N7742 3 I ISLAND 5 C 6 88 A . 7 2 3 LA 1 FEB 9 N . PE RK 1 25 0 9 N E N 0 INSU 0. 1 AN77 AN7 2 LA ISLA 5 P 423S11637W R 7423S11 3 ND E 351W I J S Y A 74 ° T C 1997 74 P 23 JAN 90 N °S T 3 D 7 E L 9 30 0 DEC O 72 N F E 7 A 60 G C 0 9 J A L AN7 9 7427S S 6 11344 K 1 1 E W R 25 DEC 86 L PA 0 L K .4 23 JAN 9 0 N S 0 .5 I A GL 1997 T SOR 9 J ENSON ER AN 9 G L N 0 199 R DO LACI N 7 cier 0. G 0 0 TSON B ER U Gla 3 A 9 ICE R B 0 SH E q E U ic 0 N EL U eV 20 2 A F 27 D G E D EXPLANATION T C of art) B 88 J S 30 D E ue p FE Z M 3 L H I EC 72 C g 5 T 7 n ern 2 2 S 2 To (east ZU I N N N U CE LF IGA SHE GL N O O T 11 JAN 73 G 1997 I M 2 0 L Ice front—RADARSAT imagery; image acquisition dates: 0 0 I 3 0 400 4 D 7 L E 1 N G N M E N A N U I . J O 9 September–20 October 1997 1 86 T A 1 5 DEC N R L P 1 2 I Wunne T E 6 T b 3 C 8 L urg G 25 DE C L er H O ND c G H . ISLA M Rock 4 22 JAN 88 P O 0 N K 2 9 T DEA U T L 7 JAN 9 Ice front—Middle 1980s to early 1990s imagery; date of observation . H T 0 9 R D C G E R E L C S A 88 19 O H R 7 25 FEB FEB 88 97 D C E CIER 7 shown 99 25 S I 2 22 1 6 L O C R 9 JAN 8 0 G A J 8 0 B L A S G A Jon N 16 JAN 73 EY es 9 —Early 1970s imagery; date of observation shown A 2 R Ice front 8 K .3 2 0 J 8 0 8 E Bl 0 B uffs A . N E E 2 8 8 F 127 DEC 72 5 B 8 . 2 8 2 Iceberg tongue—Early 1970s imagery; date of observation shown O 4 0 I 0 9 2 8 90 0 N 7 N A D W 0 A C EC 11 MAR 02 12542 0 3 J J 19 7 77444S R 2 9 97 2 PI Iceberg—Position of iceberg B22 on 11 March 2002 AN 19 NE 6 C E A 23 FEB 8 97 IS 0 I LA 23 JAN 90 0 . S N 7 . R L D Ice wall—Date of observation shown 6 0 E C I B 20 I M AY C G A 2 9 A G M 2 5 23 FEB 86 S Mount 0 5 . 7 . L . 0 2 Grounding line—Date of observation shown L D O 0 0 9 22 G L F J E JA N Meu A C 88 N n I ier L N L 9 7 L S E 0 2 0 A G 7 Ice rumple—Within a grounding line and (or) ice wall 40 T R H . 6 R S . 2 O 0 S U 1 H E 0 E Ice rise—Within a grounding line and (or) ice wall 0 0 G C .6 7 E 0 K . I 0 2 T 0 0 0 2 . 6 N J 6 A A T N N S R A R 88 Flow line E O 9 B I 3 D E 7 O . R 9 AN Y R I S JAN 9 J 8 0 1 S 1 2 1 A L . G 9 9 0 5 .6 9 C O . 2 0 0 J 7 8 0 A A E R W O R A C N Ridge line on ice 19 E 129 9 7 52S L 0 9 C W 4 H L 9 77 L AN O 5 1 K . 1400 1 2 Topographic contour, in meters—Modified from RAMP digital 0.5 2 4 G H . S H 7 J 2 . A . 1 0 6 N 0 2 0 . B 1 1 elevation model (Byrd Polar Research Center) T 8 23 J 2 1 O AN 90 3 8 B 1 F 1 . E 2 400 H B O 0 R 1 1 AN77529S14016W 0 K 3 7 J 3 Unnamed outlet glacier or ice stream—Identified by World Glacier H E AN I R 7 7W T 3 295 C O 3 S1 .
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