Fletcher Island
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Location in Antarctica
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Location | Antarctica |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
Fletcher Island is a rocky island, 0.5 km (0.25 nmi) in diameter, which is the largest of the Fletcher Islands. Fletcher Island is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Fletcher Island lies in the eastern part of Commonwealth Bay, 11 km (6 nmi) west-southwest (WSW) of Cape Gray. Fletcher Island was discovered by the Australian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) (1911–1914) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank D. Fletcher, First Officer on the expedition ship Aurora.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Fletcher Islands
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Fletcher Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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