Edisto Ice Tongue
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Edisto Ice Tongue is an ice tongue along the northwest margin of Bunger Hills
where it occupies the southwestern portion of Edisto Channel
, in the Highjump Archipelago
. The ice tongue is a seaward extension of the flow of Apfel Glacier
as well as part of the main flow of Scott Glacier. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in association with Edisto Channel.
Bunger Hills
Bunger Hills or Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis is a coastal range on the Knox Coast in Wilkes Land in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free throughout the year, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago.The Bunger...
where it occupies the southwestern portion of Edisto Channel
Edisto Channel
Edisto Channel is a channel, whose south end is filled by Edisto Ice Tongue. It extends in a NE-SW direction between the Taylor Islands and the northwest islands of the Highjump Archipelago on the west, and the Bunger Hills, Thomas Island, and the remaining islands in the Highjump Archipelago on...
, in the Highjump Archipelago
Highjump Archipelago
Highjump Archipelago is a group of rocky islands, rocks and ice rises about 50 nautical miles long and from 5 to 15 nautical miles wide, lying generally north of the Bunger Hills and extending from the Taylor Islands, close northwest of Cape Hordern, to a prominent group of ice rises which...
. The ice tongue is a seaward extension of the flow of Apfel Glacier
Apfel Glacier
Apfel Glacier is a glacier about wide and long, flowing west-northwest along the south flank of the Bunger Hills and terminating in Edisto Ice Tongue. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Earl T....
as well as part of the main flow of Scott Glacier. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in association with Edisto Channel.