Fletcher Ice Rise (), or Fletcher Promontory, is a large ice rise, 100 miles long and 40 miles wide, at the southwest side of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature is completely ice covered and rises between Rutford Ice Stream and Carlson Inlet. The ice rise was observed, photographed and roughly sketched by Lieutenant Ronald F. Carlson, U.S. Navy (USN), in the course of a C-130 aircraft flight of December 14–15, 1961 from McMurdo Sound to this vicinity and returning. Mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph O. Fletcher, director of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1971-74.[1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Fletcher Ice Rise" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).