Nachtigal Glacier
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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.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long flowing north from Mount Fagan
Mount Fagan
Mount Fagan is a mountain located 1.4 nautical miles west-southwest of Coffin Top and 2.75 nautical miles west of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 for Captain P.F. Fagan, RE, surveyor on the British Combined Services Expedition,...
toward Doris Bay
Doris Bay
Doris Bay is a small bay immediately southeast of Saint Andrews Bay, along the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to about 1929 and is now well established....
, South Georgia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
. Charted by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83, who named the glacier after Dr. Gustav Nachtigal
Gustav Nachtigal
Gustav Nachtigal was a German explorer of Central and West Africa. He is further known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire...
(1834-85), German physician and explorer of Africa.