Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile (1.6 km) wide which recedes northwestwards 7 miles (11 km), entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast...
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Drygalski Island, Drygalski Fjord in South Georgia, and an avenue in the southern part of Munich were named after him, as is the crater Drygalski on...
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In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; /ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd/ ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs...
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(7,640 ft), standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of the head of Drygalski Fjord in the southern part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. It was...
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(794 ft) above sea level. The rocks are similar to those found at Drygalski Fjord on South Georgia. Vegetation is largely absent but there is a sparse...
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miles (3.2 km) long, which lies at the north side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord, off the southeast end of South Georgia. It was discovered by a British...
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the elevation at the east side of the Bay. The bay is not far from Drygalski Fjord and Cape Disappointment. "Doubtful Bay". Geographic Names Information...
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they found refuge in one of South Georgia's southern bays – possibly Drygalski Fjord or Doubtful Bay, according to Matthews and other authors – where the...
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Imaa − a tributary fjord emptying into Ikerasak Fjord from the north, between Qaraasap Nunataa headland in the southeast, and Drygalski Peninsula in the...
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east into the head of Drygalski Fjord in the southeastern part of South Georgia. The glacier was named for Erich von Drygalski by the Second German Antarctic...
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South Georgia 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) northeast of the mouth of Drygalski Fjord. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57...
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is a glacier flowing east into Brandt Cove on the southwest side of Drygalski Fjord, at the southeast end of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic...
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36.017°W / -54.783; -36.017) is a glacier on the northeast side of Drygalski Fjord at the southeast end of South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom...
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lying north of Jenkins Glacier and flowing southeast into the head of Drygalski Fjord in the south part of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey...
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sledging parties from the head of this glacier to the north shore of Drygalski Fjord. List of glaciers in the Antarctic Glaciology "Dead End Glacier, Antarctica"...
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sheeted dykes known as the Larsen Harbour Formation. It is a branch of Drygalski Fjord, entered 2.5 miles (4 km) west-northwest of Nattriss Head, at the southeast...
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Bay Doubtful Bay Drygalski Fjord Elsehul Esbensen Bay Fortuna Bay Frida Hole Godthul Hamilton Bay Hercules Bay Hound Bay Ice Fjord Iris Bay Bay of Isles...
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933°W / -54.800; -35.933) is a small glacier on the north side of Drygalski Fjord between Trendall Crag and Hamilton Bay, at the southeast end of South...
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a mountain rising to 780 m between Brandt Cove and Larsen Harbor, Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee...
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and Drygalski Peninsula in the northwest. The fjord is filled with ice calved off from the active Store Gletscher, which empties into the fjord at its...
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Duncan Carse. Trendall Crag, 1,005 m, overlooking the north side of Drygalski Fjord at the southeast end of South Georgia, was named to commemorate Alec...
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Ikerasak Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
Peninsula by the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord. In the northeast, the narrow Ikerasassuaq strait separates it from Drygalski Peninsula on the mainland. To the...
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Talerua Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
and further from Drygalski Peninsula on the mainland by the narrow Ikerasassuaq strait. To the south, the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord separates it from...
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Eastern Settlement, the Western Settlement, and the Middle Settlement—on fjords near the southwestern tip of the island. They shared the island with the...
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further north and entered a large fjord that was named Eiriksfjord (Eriksfjord) after him. At the end of the fjord, at a latitude of around 61°, he founded...
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also used by the German Antarctic Expedition, led by Erich Dagobert von Drygalski in 1902–1903. In January 2007, an archaeological excavation was carried...
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to the United States Navy there, and they had the submarine towed down a fjord and scuttled in November 1931. The submarine's keel was laid down on 6 March...
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of 1891–1892, he was much better prepared, and by reaching Independence Fjord in what is now known as Peary Land, he proved conclusively that Greenland...
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inhabitants spread over a considerable area along Eriksfjord and neighboring fjords. Groups of immigrants escaping overcrowding in Iceland joined the original...
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(Russian: мо́ре Норденшёльда), in honour of this Arctic explorer. Nordenskiöld Fjord in Peary Land, Greenland Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya Nordenskiöld Glacier...
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