Fisher Glacier

Fisher Glacier
Map showing the location of Fisher Glacier
Location of Fisher Glacier in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Mac. Robertson Land
Coordinates 73°15′S 66°00′E / 73.250°S 66.000°E / -73.250; 66.000
Length ca. 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Lambert Glacier
Status unknown

Fisher Glacier is a prominent western tributary to the Lambert Glacier, about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long, flowing east past the north sides of Mount Menzies and Mount Rubin and joining the main stream of the Lambert Glacier just east of Mount Stinear. It was sighted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft by K.B. Mather in 1957, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for N.H. Fisher, chief geologist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Department of National Development, Australia.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fisher Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Fisher Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 73°15′S 66°0′E / 73.250°S 66.000°E / -73.250; 66.000



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