Sessrumnir Valley

Sessrumnir Valley is a high, mainly ice-free valley lying east of Mount Freya in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) approved the name in 1982 from a proposal by G.G.C. Claridge, Soil Bureau, DSIR, New Zealand. One of several names from Norse mythology in Asgard Range; Sessrumnir being the palace of the goddess Freya.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Sessrumnir Valley". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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