Ekstrom Ice Shelf
Ekström Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It occupies an area of 8,700 km². It was first mapped by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), and named for Bertil Ekström, a Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951.
Ekstrom Ice Shelf is 160 meters thick at the edge, and rises 15 meters above the sea level. Germany's Neumayer-Station III is in the northeast at Atka Bay.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ekstrom Ice Shelf" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Coordinates: 71°0′S 8°0′W / 71°S 8°W
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