Fisher Island (Princess Elisabeth Land)
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 24 ′ S , 76 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 117 m | |
Fisher Island ( Norwegian Sigdøy 'sickle island' ) is a small crescent-shaped island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In Prydz Bay , it is west of the Broknes Peninsula .
Norwegian cartographers, who descriptively named them according to their shape, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1988 after Morris Maxwell Fisher (1934-2016), who carried out the first astronomical navigational measurements near the western end of this island between August 12 and 14, 1957 .
Web links
- Fisher Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)