Drygalski Canyon
Coordinates: 69 ° 39 ′ S , 11 ° 17 ′ W
The Drygalski Canyon is a deep ditch in the Haakon-VII. lake in front of the Princess Martha Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It is located northeast of the Neumayer Canyon .
It has been named since 1997 at the suggestion of the surveyor and glaciologist Heinrich Hinze from the Alfred Wegener Institute . It is named after the German polar explorer Erich von Drygalski (1826–1909).
Web links
- Drygalski Canyon in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Drygalski Canyon in the database of the Marine gazetteer (English)