The Erebus Glacier Tongue is a mountain outlet glacier and the seaward extension of Erebus Glacier from Ross Island. It projects 11 kilometres into McMurdo Sound from the Ross Island coastline near Ca
The Erebus Glacier Tongue is shaped by a variety of forces such as wave action during summer thaw, tides, and internal tensions.
Crevasses covered with snow and ice are exposed as ice caves on the seaward edges of the Erebus Glacier Tongue.
Gravity, slope, and friction are among the factors that affect the flow ice streams such as the Erebus Glacier Tongue. Scientists as early as 2003 identified a correlation between lunar tides and ice stream movement.
Erebus Glacier is a glacier draining the lower southern slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. It flows west to Erebus Bay where it forms the floating Erebus Glacier Tongue. It was named in
Erebus Glacier Tongue
…The Erebus Glacier Tongue is a mountain outlet glacier and the seaward extension of Erebus Glacier from Ross Island. It projects 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) into McMurdo Sound from the Ross Island coastline near Cape Evans, Antarctica. The glacier tongue…
Erebus Glacier (upper right) and Erebus Ice Tongue (center)