Fisher Point
Fisher Point is a rock coastal point on the east margin of the Darley Hills, in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. The point marks the south side of the mouth of ice-filled Grazzini Bay at the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after , Chief of the Illustrations Division, National Geographic Magazine (NGM), about 1905–49; this is one of several features in the Darley Hills that are named for NGM staff.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Fisher Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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Coordinates: 81°9′S 160°43′E / 81.150°S 160.717°E
Categories:
- Headlands of the Ross Dependency
- Shackleton Coast
- Shackleton Coast geography stubs