Dibble Iceberg Tongue

Dibble Iceberg Tongue (65°30′S 135°0′E) is an iceberg tongue at the seaward end of Dibble Glacier Tongue. The names Dibble Glacier and Dibble Glacier Tongue were applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1955, concurrent with G.D. Blodgett's delineation of the features from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). The offshore segment of these two related features was photographed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and 1959, and the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia subsequently recommended that it be named Dibble Iceberg Tongue. US-ACAN has approved the latter name only for the portion lying seaward of Dibble Glacier Tongue.[1]

Dibble Iceberg Tongue
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Map showing the location of Dibble Iceberg Tongue
Map showing the location of Dibble Iceberg Tongue
Location of Dibble Iceberg Tongue in Antarctica
LocationWilkes Land
Coordinates65°30′00″S 135°00′00″E
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDibble Glacier Tongue
Statusunknown

See also

References
  1. "Dibble Iceberg Tongue". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
Dibble Iceberg Tongue


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