Sorasen Ridge
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Sorasen Ridge is a broad snow covered ridge that separates the Quar
and Ekstrom
Ice shelves
, on the coast of Queen Maud Land
. The feature was first mapped and named Søråsen (the south ridge) by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
(NBSAE), 1949-52.
Quar Ice Shelf
Quar Ice Shelf is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land.-Discovery and Naming:It was mapped by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition...
and Ekstrom
Ekstrom Ice Shelf
Ekström Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It occupies an area of 8,700 km²...
Ice shelves
Ice shelf
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
, on the coast of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. The feature was first mapped and named Søråsen (the south ridge) by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
(NBSAE), 1949-52.