Nightingale

Nachtigal is the family name of the following well-known people:

• Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885), German doctor and Africa explorer
• Johann Karl (also: Konrad) Christoph Nachtigal (1753–1819; pseudonym: Otmar), German writer
• Oskar von Nachtigal (1828–1890), Prussian general of the infantry

Others:

• Nachtigal (ship, 1885) , German government steamer in Cameroon
• Nachtigal (ship, 1895) , government steamer in Cameroon and auxiliary ship of the German Navy in the First World War
• Nachtigal Glacier , glacier on South Georgia, South Atlantic
• Nachtigal Peak , mountain on South Georgia, South Atlantic
• Gustav Nachtigal (ship, 1940) , ship of the German Navy in World War II
• Nachtigal (Cameroon) , a place in Cameroon
• Gustav Nachtigal Medal , a medal for merits in the field of geography and voyages of discovery.
• Cape Nachtigal , a cape in Cameroon
• Nachtigal Falls , rapids on the Sanaga
• Nachtigal Bay ( Nightingale Bay ), a bay in Papua New Guinea

See also:

• Nachtigal Hospital
• Nightingale (disambiguation)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.