Risting Glacier, Glacier in Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Risting Glacier is a glacier 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) long in the south of South Georgia, lying north of Jenkins Glacier and flowing southeast into the head of Drygalski Fjord. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey under Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957.

The German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner (1911–12) named this glacier for Erich von Drygalski, leader of the 1901–03 German Antarctic Expedition, but that name did not survive. The South Georgia Survey under Duncan Carse surveyed it in 1951–57, and the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee renamed it for Sigurd Risting (1870–1935), Norwegian whaling historian and secretary of Norsk Hvalfangerforening.

The glacier is named after Sigurd Risting (1870–1935), Norwegian whaling historian, secretary of Norsk Hvalfangerforening from 1918 to 1935 and editor of Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende from 1922 to 1935. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee chose the name after the South Georgia Survey of 1951–57. A German expedition under Wilhelm Filchner had earlier named it for Erich von Drygalski, but that name did not survive.

Risting Glacier fills the head of Drygalski Fjord, reached only by sea; the South Georgia Survey under Duncan Carse worked these slopes in 1951–57, so landing sites are limited and weather-dependent. Approach by inflatable boat from a vessel anchored in the fjord, and expect ice debris and calving ice at the glacier front.

The German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner (1911–12) named this glacier for Erich von Drygalski, leader of the 1901–03 German Antarctic Expedition, but that name did not survive. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee instead honoured Sigurd Risting (1870–1935), Norwegian whaling historian and secretary of Norsk Hvalfangerforening from 1918 to 1935.