It is located in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, quite near to the southerly border with Belgium, on the other side of which the neighouring village of Moelingen is situated.
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A number of plant, animal and fungal species have been named to his honour, e.g. Saxifraga nathorstii (Dusén) Hayek (East Greenland saxifrage) and a suite of fossil plant species, Williamsonia nathorstii Carruthers (a fossil dragonfly) and Laestadites nathorstii Mesch. (a fossil fungus).