Name details

Icecube Tongue

Icecube Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Icecube Tongue  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113606

Feature type: Tongue (12)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A small rough ice tongue between Turks Head and Erebus Glacier Tongue, Ross Island. The feature is comprised of a collection of grounded icebergs. In December 1988 the feature was 2km wide, 1km, and contained around 50 icebergs longer than 30m. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

Named for RNZAF Operation Ice Cube, the annual programme of support flights to Antarctica. The feature was first examined from the air in an RNZAF C-130.

Location

Latitude:
77° 40' 00.0" S
-77.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 51' 00.0" E
166.85000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
13 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF13 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Jun-1989

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