Ice tongue
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An ice tongue is a long and narrow sheet of ice projecting out from the coastline. An ice tongue forms when a valley glacier moves very rapidly (relative to surrounding ice) out into the ocean or a lake.
Two examples of ice tongues are the Erebus Ice Tongue and the Drygalski Ice Tongue.
References
- "Erebus Ice Tongue". NASA Earth Observatory. Archived from the original on 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2006-05-19.