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Fletcher Island

Fletcher Island

Island in Antarctica

This article is about an island in Antarctica. For the island in the Canadian Arctic, see Fletcher Island (Nunavut). For the island off Western Australia, see Collier Bay, Western Australia.

Fletcher Island is a rocky island, 0.5 km (0.25 nmi) in diameter, which is the largest of the Fletcher Islands. Fletcher Island is located at 66°53′S 143°05′E. Fletcher Island lies in the eastern part of Commonwealth Bay, 11 km (6 nmi) west-southwest (WSW) of Cape Gray. Fletcher Island was discovered by the Australian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) (1911–1914) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank D. Fletcher, First Officer on the expedition ship Aurora.

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