Sørsdal Glacier

Sørsdal Glacier (68°41′S 78°15′E) is a heavily crevassed glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing westward along the south side of Krok Fjord and the Vestfold Hills and terminating in a prominent glacier tongue at Prydz Bay. Discovered in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Klarius Mikkelsen and named for Lief Sørsdal, a Norwegian dentist and a member of the party from the whaling ship Thorshavn that landed at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills.^[1][2]

Sørsdal Glacier
Location of Princess Elizabeth Land
Location of Sørsdal Glacier in Antarctica
Type	heavily crevassed
Location	Princess Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	68°41′S 78°15′E
Length	15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Prydz Bay
Status	unknown

Landsat image of the Sorsdal Glacier region.

The Sørsdal Glacier Tongue (68°42′S 78°0′E) is the prominent seaward extension of Sørsdal Glacier into Prydz Bay.^[3]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology