| 词条 | Ekström Ice Shelf |
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The Ekström Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It was first mapped by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), and named for Bertil Ekström, a Swedish mechanical engineer with the NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951. The ice shelf occupies an area of {{convert|8,700|sqkm}}. It is {{convert|160|m}} thick at the edge, and rises {{convert|15|m|-1}} above the sea level. Germany's Neumayer-Station III is to the northeast at Atka Bay. References}}{{usgs-gazetteer|id=4389|name=Ekström Ice Shelf}}{{coord|71|S|8|W|type:glacier_scale:2000000_source:GNIS|display=title}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrom Ice Shelf}}{{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub}} 2 : Ice shelves of Queen Maud Land|Princess Martha Coast |
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