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Fletcher Bay
Fletcher Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Fletcher Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Narrative
This bay of Long Fjord in the Vestfold Hills is a pupping site of Weddell seals. It holds fast ice in some years even when the ice has gone from other areas of the fjord.
Named For
Named after Dr Lloyd Fletcher, Medical Officer Davis 1978 who did a magnificient job tagging seals in Long Fjord. Without him the work would not have been done.
Location
Images
©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21891
- Caption
- Fletcher Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 800 feet. Looking Northeast.
- Photographer
- Seton, Richard
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