Harbord Glacier Tongue
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Harbord Glacier Tongue is a glacier
tongue forming the seaward extension of Harbord Glacier
on the coast of Victoria Land
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
under Shackleton, 1907–09, at which time it extended about 5 nautical miles (9 km) into the Ross Sea
. Named by Shackleton for A.E. Harbord, second officer of the Nimrod for the last year of the expedition.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
tongue forming the seaward extension of Harbord Glacier
Harbord Glacier
Harbord Glacier is a glacier flowing along the south side of Mount George Murray. It enters the Ross Sea south of Whitmer Peninsula where it forms Harbord Glacier Tongue. The name derives from the glacier tongue, which was named by Ernest Shackleton for A.E. Harbord, second officer of the Nimrod...
on the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
under Shackleton, 1907–09, at which time it extended about 5 nautical miles (9 km) into the Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
. Named by Shackleton for A.E. Harbord, second officer of the Nimrod for the last year of the expedition.