Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureGlacier TongueNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA glacier tongue, projecting about 2 1/2 miles from the north coast of Victoria Land, between Nelson Cliffs and Atkinson Cliffs. Charted in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BAE, 1910-13. Named for Dr (later Sir) George C Simpson, meteorologist with the expedition, who by means of sounding balloons investigated the upper air of Antarctica for the first time. He was later Director of the Meteorological Office, 1920-38, and President of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1940-42.
