Thwaites Glacier Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Thwaites Glacier Tongue (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
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 which is the seaward extension of Thwaites Glacier into the Amundsen Sea. It enters the sea about 100km east of Mount Murphy in Marie Byrd Land. At the time of naming the feature projected approximately 100km from the grounding line, with the Thwaites Iceberg Tongue projecting off at 45° for a further 150km (the Iceberg Tongue no longer exists). As of 2020 the feature has drastically reduced in size, the tongue having a significant calving in 2012 (Iceberg B-22) followed by extensive disintegration.
Named by US-ACAN in association with Thwaites Glacier.
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