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Meanings of ice tongue in English
Synonyms
Examples for "glacier tongue"
Examples for "glacier tongue"
1
The glacier tongue was still reaching over this rocky area.
2
As far as I can see the open water extends to an east and west line which is a little short of the glacier tongue.
3
The next day we sighted a long, low ice wall, and took it at first for a long glacier tongue stretching seaward from the land.
4
The Mertz Glacier Tongue, at a point 50 miles from the land
5
We reached Glacier Tongue about one and a half miles from the seaward end.
Usage of ice tongue in English
1
All this time he'd heard the distant booming and grinding of this massive ice tongue.
2
Coastal glaciers like this floating ice tongue tend to block the ice flow headed for the sea.
3
Several more technical aid moves, and after two hours nerve-grinding climbing Mugs reached an ice tongue that led to easier ground.
4
Massom said the shearing off of the ice tongue and the presence of the Mertz and B-9B icebergs could affect global ocean circulation.
5
It also meant crossing the Drygalski Ice Tongue, an obstacle which bulked very formidably in their imaginations during the winter.
6
The edges of these ice tongues are often as abrupt as if sliced away with a knife (Fig.
7
As the ice tongues receded, the streams gradually dried; only the larger ones, fed far back in the range, are left to-day.
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