Sver•drup(sver′drəp, sfer′-; Norw. svar′drŏŏp),USA pronunciationn.Ot•to Neu•mann(ôt′tō noi′män),USA pronunciation 1855?–1930, Norwegian explorer of the Arctic.
Place NamesAlso called Sver′drup Is′lands. a group of islands in the N Northwest Territories of Canada, in the Arctic, W of Ellesmere Island: named after Otto Neumann Sverdrup.