The Foundation Ice Stream originates to the west of the Patuxent Range.
It flows northwest past the Rambo Nunataks to the north and Thomas Hills to the south, where it is joined from the right (south) by the MacNamara Glacier.
Further down the Academy Glacier joins it from the right.[2]
The ice stream continues north-northwest past the Williams Hills of the Neptune Range.
It is joined from the east by the Childs Glacier before passing Schmidt Hills to its east.[3][4]
The mouth of the ice stream meets the Ronne Ice Shelf.[5]
84°20′S63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667.
A glacier in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining northeastward between the Thomas and Anderson Hills to Foundation Ice Stream.
Named by US-ACAN for Edlen E. MacNamara, USARP exchange scientist at Molodezhnaya Station winter 1967.[7]
Academy Glacier
84°15′S61°00′W / 84.250°S 61.000°W / -84.250; -61.000.
A major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward between the Patuxent and Neptune Ranges to enter Foundation Ice Stream.
Named by US-ACAN for the National Academy of Sciences which has played an important role in the planning of the United States program for Antarctica.[8]