Erebus Glacier Tongue
The Erebus Glacier Tongue is a mountain outlet glacier and the seaward extension of Erebus Glacier from Ross Island. It projects 11 kilometres into McMurdo Sound from the Ross Island coastline near Cape Evans, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier tongue in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Erebus Ice Tongue”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pakaru Icefalls and World Park Base.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Pakaru Icefalls is situated 8 km north of Erebus Glacier Tongue.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base. World Park Base is situated 9 km northwest of Erebus Glacier Tongue.
Erebus Glacier Tongue
- Categories: landform and ice tongue
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Erebus Glacier Tongue from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Erebus Glacier Tongue” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Erebus Glacier Tongue”
- Chinese: “厄瑞玻斯冰舌”
- Dutch: “Erebus Ice Tongue”
- Esperanto: “Glacilango Erebo”
- French: “Langue de glace d’Erebus”
- French: “Langue de glace de Erebus”
- French: “langue de glace Erebus”
- French: “Langue de glace Erebus”
- French: “Langue glaciaire de l’Erebus”
- French: “Langue glaciaire Erebus”
- German: “Erebus-Gletscherzunge”
- Hebrew: “לשון הקרח ארבוס”
- Italian: “Erebus Glacier Tongue”
- Italian: “Erebus Ice Tongue”
- Italian: “lingua glaciale Erebus”
- Italian: “Lingua glaciale Erebus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erebus bretunge”
- Portuguese: “Língua de gelo Erebus”
- Slovenian: “ledeni jezik Erebus”
- Swedish: “Erebus Glacier Tongue”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Big Razorback Island and Turtle Rock.
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