Simpson Glacier Tongue () is a small floating
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
tongue nourished by
Simpson Glacier and
Fendley Glacier as it extends into the sea between
Nelson Cliff Nelson Cliff () is a prominent rock cliff at the west side of Simpson Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending ...
and
Atkinson Cliffs, along the north coast of
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. Charted by the
Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. Named for Dr. (later Sir)
George Clarke Simpson
Sir George Clarke Simpson KCB CBE FRS HFRSE (2 September 1878 – 1 January 1965) was a British meteorologist. He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society 1940/41.
Life
George Clarke Simpson was born in Derby, England, the son of Art ...
, meteorologist of the expedition.
Glaciers of Pennell Coast
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