Fletcher Peninsula

	Fletcher Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	72 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 88 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 72 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 88 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W
location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Waters 1	Abbot Ice Shelf
Waters 2	Venable Ice Shelf

The Fletcher Peninsula is a large and icy peninsula on the border between the Bryan and Eights coasts in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It extends between the Abbot Ice Shelf and the Venable Ice Shelf into the Bellingshausen Sea .

It was mapped by survey work in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1961 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Frederick Charles Fletcher (1874-1958) Boston , a sponsor of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition.

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