Fletcher Island is a rocky island, in diameter, which is the largest of the
Fletcher Islands. Fletcher Island is located at . Fletcher Island lies in the eastern part of
Commonwealth Bay,
west-southwest (WSW) of
Cape Gray
Cape Gray is a rocky cape which forms the east side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay, part of the George V Coast of Antarctica. The cape is actually a small rocky island which is joined to the icecap of the mainland by an ice ramp. It was disc ...
. Fletcher Island was discovered by the
Australian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) (1911–1914) under
Douglas Mawson, who named it for
Frank D. Fletcher
Frederick "Frank" Douglas Fletcher was an Australian sailor, mainly known for his time as chief officer of the during the 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic expedition, under Captain John King Davis.
Fletcher replaced N. C. Toutcher—who had ...
,
First Officer on the expedition ship
Aurora.
See also
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
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Fletcher Islands
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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SCAR
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
Islands of George V Land
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