Nachtigal Glacier | |
Map: | United Kingdom South Georgia |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | South Georgia |
Coordinates: | -54.4833°N -45°W |
Length: | 2nmi |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Doris Bay |
Status: | unknown |
Nachtigal Glacier is a glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long flowing north from Mount Fagan toward Doris Bay, South Georgia. 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]