Feature Name (see definition): Risting Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12681

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
54° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
036° 06' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.1

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Glacier, 4.5 mi long, lying N of Jenkins Glacier and flowing SE into the head of Drygalski Fjord in the S part of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Sigurd Risting (1870-1935), Norwegian whaling historian; secretary of Norsk Hvalfangerforening, 1918-35, and editor of Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende, 1922-35. The German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) under Filchner, 1911-12, named Drygalski Fjord and this glacier for Erich von Drygalski, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE), 1901-03, but the name for the glacier did not survive. A number of features in Antarctica, including a glacier, are named for Drygalski.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data