Fisher bastion
| Fisher bastion | ||
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| height | 2650 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Fisher Bastion is a 2650 m high and rectangular massif in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 7 km southeast of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range between the upper sections of the Potter Glacier and the Foster Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1994 after Commander Dwight David Fisher (* 1945) of the United States Navy , commander of the US Navy support units in Antarctica from 1987 to 1989.
Web links
- Fisher Bastion in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fisher Bastion on geographic.org (English)