Name details

Fisher Island

Fisher Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fisher Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140077

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-covered island approximately 13km long east to west, lying just north of King Edward VII Land where it marks the west side of the entrance to Sulzberger Bay.

Named For

Mapped from surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Wayne Fisher of the U.S. Department of State.

Location

Latitude:
77° 05' 47.3" S
-77.09648°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
154° 20' 31.6" W
-154.34212°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
186 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_24 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at top of island

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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