Mackay Glacier Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mackay Glacier Tongue (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Tongue (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A glacier tongue extending 5km from the 100m contour, and 3km wide where it enters Granite Harbour from the Mackay Glacier along the coast of Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD09
First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. The feature takes its name from the Mackay Glacier which was named for Dr Alistair Forbes Mackay, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09. Not Mackay Ice Tongue.
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