Strømmebakken
| Strømmebakken | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kottasberge in Heimefrontfjella | |
| length | 9 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 18 ′ 12 ″ S , 9 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Strømmebakken ( Norwegian is) a 9 km long glacier slope of Heimefrontfjella in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located at the northeast end of the Kottas Mountains .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987 after the Norwegian postal worker Inger Johanne Strømme (1915–1990), a leader in the resistance against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Strømmebakken in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Strømmebakken in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)