Drygalski Fjord
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 48 ′ S , 36 ° 1 ′ W | |
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| width | 1.5 km | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Tributaries | Bogen Glacier , Jenkins Glacier , Risting Glacier , Storey Glacier | |
The Drygalski Fjord is a 11 km long and 1.5 km wide fjord on the southeast coast of South Georgia . Its entrance is between Biscoe Head in the north and Nattriss Head in the south.
Participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of the German polar explorer Wilhelm Filchner mapped it. It is named after Erich von Drygalski (1865–1949), head of the First German Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903).
Web links
- Drygalski Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Drygalski Fjord on geographic.org (English)
- Video of a trip through the Drygalski Fjord on board the HANSEATIC nature of Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten (4:25 minutes, 73 MB)