ice tongue

English

the 100km long Drygalski ice tongue

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Noun

ice tongue (plural ice tongues)

1. (geology, glaciology) A long, narrow sheet of ice projecting out from a coastline, forming when a valley glacier moves very rapidly out into a body of water.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰舌 (zh)

• Czech: splaz
• Japanese: 氷舌