Simpson Glacier Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Simpson 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, projecting about 2 1/2 miles from the north coast of Victoria Land, between Nelson Cliffs and Atkinson Cliffs. Charted in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BAE, 1910-13. Named for Dr (later Sir) George C Simpson, meteorologist with the expedition, who by means of sounding balloons investigated the upper air of Antarctica for the first time. He was later Director of the Meteorological Office, 1920-38, and President of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1940-42.
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