Name details

Tripp Ice Tongue

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114591

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice tongue in the Kirkwood Range are occupying the north half of Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. The feature is nurtured by several glaciers (Fry Glacier, Hedblom Glacier as well as ice from Oates Piedmont Glacier). Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MB09

Named For

It was considered it could be misleading to name this tongue in association with one of its partial sources. It was therefore named for its geographic location in Tripp Bay.

Location

Latitude:
76° 34' 00.0" S
-76.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 45' 00.0" E
162.75000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
29 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MB09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
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:
4-Nov-1999

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