The crater Wegener on the Moon and the crater Wegener on Mars, as well as the asteroid 29227 Wegener and the peninsula where he died in Greenland (Wegener Peninsula near Ummannaq, ), are named after him.
Na jugu leži ob Gvinejskem zalivu, po kopnem pa na zahodu meji na Liberijo in Gvinejo, na severu na Mali in Burkino Faso, ter na vzhodu na Gano.