Torsfonna

Torsfonna is glacier at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located on the peninsula Lomfjordhalvøya at Ny-Friesland. It is named after the Norse god Thor. A former name of the glacier was Névé dôme Tor.[1] Further south, between Hinlopenstretet and Lomfjorden, is the glacier Balderfonna.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Torsfonna". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=215031E. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Balderfonna". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=6693M. Retrieved 27 November 2011.