Fisher Bay

Coordinates: 67°31′S 145°45′E / 67.517°S 145.750°E / -67.517; 145.750
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Fisher Bay is an embayment about 14 miles (23 km)wide between the eastern side of the Mertz Glacier Tongue and the mainland of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia in 1911.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fisher Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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67°31′S 145°45′E / 67.517°S 145.750°E / -67.517; 145.750


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