Ekstrom Ice Shelf (71°0′S 8°0′W) is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was first mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52, and named for Bertil Ekstrom, a Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951. Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, at 20°W, and Shinnan Glacier, at 44° 38E. It has a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km², mostly covered by the Antarctic ice sheet. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.