ice tongue

noun

1. a section of ice projecting from the base of a glacier.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice tongue¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

At daylight we were able to steer southwest, being at noon about twenty miles north of Termination Ice-Tongue.

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Pushing through the looser edge of pack for a couple of hours we saw the loom of the ice-tongue to the southward.

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The instant he slipped, I made a quick leap for a point of rock that barely pierced the steep ice-tongue.

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Our approximate position is forty miles east-north-east of Nordenskjold Ice Tongue.

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The pack was dense and in massive array at the extremity of Termination Ice-Tongue.

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