page_title: Ice tongue
hierarchical_section_title: Ice tongue
caption_attribution_description: English: Erebus Ice Tongue (see ice tongue), coming off the Erebus glacier from Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. The ice tongue is protruding into McMurdo Sound (frozen in this image). Français&#160;: Image satellite d'une partie du détroit de McMurdo montrant l'île de Ross en haut et à droite et le glacier Erebus au centre.
context_page_description: An ice tongue is a long and narrow sheet of ice projecting out from the coastline. An ice tongue forms when a valley glacier moves very rapidly out into the ocean or a lake.
  Two examples of ice tongues are the Erebus Ice Tongue and the Drygalski Ice Tongue.
context_section_description: An ice tongue is a long and narrow sheet of ice projecting out from the coastline. An ice tongue forms when a valley glacier moves very rapidly (relative to surrounding ice) out into the ocean or a lake.
  Two examples of ice tongues are the Erebus Ice Tongue and the Drygalski Ice Tongue.
caption: The Erebus Ice Tongue, coming off the Erebus Glacier from 3,800 m (12,500 ft). Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. The ice tongue is protruding into McMurdo Sound (frozen in this image).
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