Ives Tongue
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Ives Tongue is a narrow tongue of land projecting from an island
between Fold Island
and the coast of Kemp Land
. Discovered and named in February 1936 by the Discovery Investigations
expedition on RSS William Scoresby.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
between Fold Island
Fold Island
Fold Island is an offshore island north of Ives Tongue, 6 mi long and 3 mi wide, which, with smaller islands south, separate Stefansson Bay to the west from William Scoresby Bay to the east. This feature was seen by Discovery Investigations personnel on the RSS William Scoresby in February 1936,...
and the coast of Kemp Land
Kemp Land
Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic claim it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors of the Antarctic, is deemed as being limited by the 60° S parallel. It is bounded in...
. Discovered and named in February 1936 by the Discovery Investigations
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
expedition on RSS William Scoresby.