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'''Drygalski Fjord''' is a bay a mile wide which recedes northwestwards 7 miles, entered immediately north of [[Nattriss Head]] along the southeast coast of [[South Georgia]]. It was charted by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, and named for Professor Erich von Drygalski, the leader of the First German Antarctica Expedition, 1901–03. | '''Drygalski Fjord''' is a bay a mile wide which recedes northwestwards 7 miles, entered immediately north of [[Nattriss Head]] along the southeast coast of [[South Georgia]]. It was charted by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, and named for Professor Erich von Drygalski, the leader of the First German Antarctica Expedition, 1901–03. | ||
According to L. Harrison Matthews, Drygalski Fjord might have been the place where Anthony de la Roché spent two weeks during his stay in the island in April 1675. | According to L. Harrison Matthews, Drygalski Fjord might have been the place where Anthony de la Roché spent two weeks during his stay in the island in April 1675. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 5 March 2018
Drygalski Fjord is a bay a mile wide which recedes northwestwards 7 miles, entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia. It was charted by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner, and named for Professor Erich von Drygalski, the leader of the First German Antarctica Expedition, 1901–03.
According to L. Harrison Matthews, Drygalski Fjord might have been the place where Anthony de la Roché spent two weeks during his stay in the island in April 1675.
Location
- Location map: 54°49’0"S, 36°0’0"W
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Drygalski Fjord) |
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Drygalski Fjord
