Longest ice tongue

Longest ice tongue
Who
Drygalski Ice Tongue
Where
Antarctica
When
05 May 2005

The Drygalski Ice Tongue is a floating extension of the David Glacier, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. It extends around 65 kilometres (40 miles) into the McMurdo Sound in the Ross Sea and has an average width of around 20 kilometres (11 miles).

It is a dynamic feature which was shortened in collisions with massive icebergs in the 2010s, but is currently extending. It was discovered by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott in 1902.