Fisher Bay is an
embayment about wide between the eastern side of the
Mertz Glacier Tongue and the mainland of
Antarctica
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. It was discovered by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under
Douglas Mawson, who named it for
Andrew Fisher,
Prime Minister of Australia
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in 1911.
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References
Bays of George V Land
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