Strom Glacier () is a steep
valley glacier flowing northeast from the north side of
Mount Fridtjof Nansen to the head of the
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
, flanked on the northwest by the
Duncan Mountains
The Duncan Mountains () are a group of rugged coastal foothills, about long, extending from the mouth of Liv Glacier to the mouth of Strom Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. They were discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedit ...
and on the southeast by the
Herbert Range The Herbert Range is a mountain range in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, extending from the edge of the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg and Strom glaciers.
Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Commit ...
. The glacier derives its name from "
Strom Camp
Strom may refer to:
Astronomy
*8408 Strom (1995 SX12), a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak
Geography
* Strom, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
*Strom ...
" near its foot, occupied during December 1929 by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Gould. Strom Camp was named by that party for
Sverre Strom Sverre, Sverrir or Sverri is a Nordic name from the Old Norse ''Sverrir'', meaning "wild, swinging, spinning". It is a common name in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands; it is less common in Denmark and Sweden. It can also be a surname. Sverre ma ...
, first mate of the ship City of
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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, who remained ashore as a member of the winter party and headed the snowmobile party which hauled supplies in support of the two field parties.
Glaciers of Amundsen Coast
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