Portal:Geography/Selected anniversaries/August

• 3 August 1958 – First naval vessel to reach the North Pole, the USS Nautilus
• 13 August 1935 – Formation of the Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi
• 13 August 1894 – Incorporation of Morrison, Oklahoma
• 30 August 1844 – Birth of Friedrich Ratzel (pictured), German geographer and ethnographer