Fletcher Peninsula

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Fletcher Peninsula (72°45′S, 88°50′W) is a broad ice-covered cove which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea between the Abbot and the Venable Ice Shelves. 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.

This article incorporates text from Fletcher Peninsula, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.