Nachtigal Glacier
| Nachtigal Glacier | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
| length | 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 29 ′ 34 " S , 36 ° 10 ′ 7" W | |
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| drainage | Doris Bay | |
The Nachtigal Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on South Georgia . It flows north from Mount Fagan to Doris Bay .
German scientists of the First International Polar Year (1882–1883) mapped and named it. It is named after the German Africa explorer Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885).
Web links
- Nachtigal Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nachtigal Glacier on geographic.org (English)