Sørsdal Glacier
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Vestfold Mountains | |
| length | 25 km | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 41 ′ S , 78 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Prydz Bay and Tallow River | |
The Sørsdal Glacier ( Norwegian Sørsdalbreen ) is a glacier located in Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica . It is located approximately 12 km from Davis Station in Australia . The approximately 25 km long glacier flows in a westerly direction along the south side of the Krok Fjord and the Vestfold Mountains and flows into Prydz Bay with a pronounced glacier tongue .
The Norwegian whaling captain Karius Mikkelsen (1887 - unknown) discovered them in February 1935 as part of the Thorshavn's fourth Antarctic voyage (1934–1935) financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen . He named it after Leif Sørsdal, a Norwegian dentist and crew member of the Thorshavn .
Between 2001 and 2004 one of the mobile DORIS stations was on the glacier several times . The aim was to measure the speed of the glacier. Measurements in 2000 and 2001 showed speeds of 80 meters per year, which is about 6 times slower than expected based on previous research reports.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sørsdal Glacier , Australian Antarctic Data Center (in English)
- ^ "Sørsdal Glacier". United States Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System , January 7, 2010, accessed January 7, 2010 .
- ↑ IERS Annual Report 2003 ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 3.4.4. International DORIS Service, (PDF, in English)
- ↑ Kristine Larson : . Project.pdf "Sørsdal (PDF; 5 kB) (. No longer available online) 10 May 2001 filed by the original on July 21, 2007 , accessed November 3, 2009 . Info: The archive link is automatically used and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
