Ice tongue

Alternative definitions (3), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Ice tongue
Definition: Synonymous with glacier tongue, which is the preferred term.  UKAntarcticTerms 

See glacier tongue: The long slender part of a valley glacier that is subject to net ablation.  Swisseduc 

Any narrow extension of a glacier or ice shelf, such as a projection floating in the sea or an outlet glacier of an ice cap.  AMSglossary 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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