Fisher Bay
Fisher Bay is an embayment about 14 miles wide between the eastern side of the Mertz Glacier Tongue and the mainland of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia in 1911.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Fisher Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Fisher Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “菲舍爾灣”
- German: “Fisher Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fisher Bay”
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