- Drygalski Fjord
-
Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile (1.6 km) wide which recedes northwest 7 miles (11 km), entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia.
According to L. Harrison Matthews[1], Drygalski Fjord might have been the place where Anthony de la Roché spent two weeks during his stay in the island in April 1675.
Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Filchner, and named for Professor Erich von Drygalski, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03.
Notes
- ^ Matthews, L.H. (1931). South Georgia: The British Empire's Sub-Antarctic Outpost. Bristol: John Wright; and London: Simpkin Marshall.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Drygalski Fjord" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Coordinates: 54°49′S 36°0′W / 54.817°S 36°W
Categories:- Bays of South Georgia
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.