Fletcher Bay (Antarctica)
| Fletcher Bay | ||
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| Waters | Langnes Fjord | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 30 '32 " S , 78 ° 17' 24" E | |
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The Fletcher Bay is a bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is a side bay of the Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Mountains . Weddell seals give birth to their young here.
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it on July 26, 1983 after Lloyd Fletcher, a physician at Davis Station in 1978, who was also involved in marking seals here that year.
Web links
- Fletcher Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)