Name details

Fisher Massif

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1303

Feature type: Massif

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A large rock exposure on the western side of the Lambert Glacier, about 95 km south of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by an ANARE party led by B H Stinear in October, 1957. Named after M.M. Fisher, surveyor at Mawson in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 29' 34.4" S
-71.49289°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
67° 41' 10.0" E
67.68611°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Henk Brolsma 2003
Catalogue id
IA16543
Caption
View of south west section of massif. Taken from Twin Otter flying between Beaver Lake and Mount Cresswell, December 2003. Clemence Massif can be seen on the horizon on the right hand side of the photo.
Photographer
Brolsma, Henk

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E132_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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