Nachtigal Glacier
Nachtigal Glacier is a glacier two nautical miles long flowing north from Mount Fagan toward Doris Bay, South Georgia.
The glacier was charted by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83, who named the glacier after Dr. Gustav Nachtigal (1834-85), German physician and explorer of Africa.[1]
The glacier has undergone considerable retreat over the past 50 years.
Location
- Location: 54°29’34"S, 36°10’7"W
References
- ↑ "Nachtigal Glacier, Antarctica". https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=3873&fid=antgeo_106. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Nachtigal Glacier
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