Fletcher Peninsula [SEP] continent
Fletcher Peninsula
Fletcher Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea between Abbot Ice Shelf and Venable Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Fred C. Fletcher of Boston, a contributor to the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41.
wide, with an area of . The island is in two main pieces of plateau of around elevation to the north and south, joined by a narrow isthmus close to sea level. The high points include Mount Elder on the north-east coastal ridge at , and Mounts Hamilton and Fletcher in the south at .
It is equidistant between Tasmania island and Anderson Peninsula on the Antarctic continent (). In addition, Macquarie Island is about south-west of Auckland Island, and north of the Balleny Islands.
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