Cheetham Ice Tongue

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Cheetham Ice Tongue (

75°45′S 162°55′E / 75.750°S 162.917°E / -75.750; 162.917Coordinates: 75°45′S 162°55′E / 75.750°S 162.917°E / -75.750; 162.917) is a small ice tongue on the east coast of Victoria Land between Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. It projects eastward into the Ross Sea. The tongue appears to be nourished in part by Davis Glacier and partly by ice draining from Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Shackleton, and named by him for , third officer on the Nimrod.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cheetham Ice Tongue". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)