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This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image, acquired on 20 April 2011 in Wide Swath Mode, covers an area about 415 by 345 km over Victoria Land, Antarctica, (Latitude: 75S, 165E) and shows some ice tongues. The Drygalski Ice Tongue is the largest, extending about 100 km into the frozen Ross Sea.
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