Cape Fletcher () is a minor projection of the ice-covered Antarctic coastline south of
Martin Reef Martin Reef () is a reef awash, lying north of the coast of Antarctica and slightly west of Cape Fletcher. This reef was apparently encountered by Captain Carl Sjovold in the Norwegian whale catcher ''Bouvet III'' in January 1931, and by the Briti ...
, midway between
Strahan Glacier
Strahan Glacier () is a glacier flowing north into the sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Stevens Rock, midway between Cape Daly and Cape Fletcher, Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand A ...
and
Scullin Monolith. It was discovered by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...
, 1929–31, under
Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader durin ...
, and named by him for
H.O. Fletcher, assistant biologist with the expedition.
[
]
References
Headlands of Mac. Robertson Land
{{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub