Demas Ice Tongue

Demas Ice Tongue

Demas Ice Tongue (72°17′S 103°7′W / 72.283°S 103.117°W / -72.283; -103.117) is a conspicuous ice tongue, about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, extending west from Abbot Ice Shelf of Peacock Sound into Amundsen Sea. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the Bear, February 1940, and named after E.J. Demas (d. 1979), member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

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