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Fletcher Peninsula

Coordinates: 72°45′S 88°50′W / 72.750°S 88.833°W / -72.750; -88.833
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Fletcher Peninsula is a broad ice-covered cove which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea between the Abbot and the Venable Ice Shelf. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Fred C. Fletcher of Boston, a contributor to the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41.

72°45′S 88°50′W / 72.750°S 88.833°W / -72.750; -88.833 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Fletcher Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata

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