Jutulstraumen Glacier

Jutulstraumen Glacier is a large glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, about long, draining northward to the Fimbul [Ice Shelf] between the Kirwan Escarpment, Borg Massif and Ahlmann Ridge on the west and the Sverdrup Mountains on the east.

History

It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish [Antarctic Expedition] and air photos by the Norwegian expedition and named Jutulstraumen. More specifically, jutulen are troll-like figures from Norwegian folk tales. The ice stream reaches speeds of around 4 metres per day near the coast where it is heavily crevassed.