Fisher Point
| Fisher Point | ||
| Geographical location | ||
|
||
| Coordinates | 81 ° 9 ′ S , 160 ° 43 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Grazzini Bay | |
The Fisher Point is a rocky headland on the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located on the eastern edge of the Darley Hills in the Churchill Mountains and marks the southern limit of the inlet to the icy Grazzini Bay on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2003 after Franklin L. Fisher (1885–1953), who headed the illustration division of National Geographic Magazine from 1905 to 1949.
Web links
- Fisher Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fisher Point on geographic.org