GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Fisher, Mount: see Fisher Mountains. 



FISHER BAY: bay lying NE. of Cape Hurley 

 between Penguin Pt. and Mertz Glacier Tongue, 

 along George V Coast; in about 67°30'S., 145°40'E. 

 Disc, in 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, who 

 named it for Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of 

 Australia in 1911. 



FISHER MOUNTAINS: mountains of the Queen 

 Maud Range, lying S. of the E. end of the Prince 

 Olav Mtns. and forming the W. flank of the Liv 

 Gl., at the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 85°20'S., 

 172''00'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE in November 1929, 

 and named for the Fisher brothers, Detroit indus- 

 trialists. Not adopted: Fisher Mountain, Mount 

 Fisher. 



FISHTRAP COVE: small cove 250 yards NW. of 

 Boulder Pt. on the SW. side of Stonington I., close 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 

 67°00'W. First surveyed by the USAS, 1939-41. 

 Resurveyed in 1946-47 by the FIDS, who so named 

 it because FIDS parties used this cove for setting 

 fish traps. 



FISKE, CAPE: cape which forms the E. tip of 

 Smith Pen., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 74°21'S., 60°27'W. This cape was photographed 

 from the air by members of the USAS in December 

 1940, and in 1947 by members of the RARE, under 

 Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted 

 it from the ground. Named by Ronne for C. O. 

 Fiske, climatologist with the Ronne expedition. 



FIST, THE: peak about 1,000 ft. in el., sur- 

 mounting Cape Crepin at the W. side of the en- 

 trance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King 

 George I. in the South Shetland Is.; in about 

 62°05'S., 58°31'W. This descriptive name was 

 given by the FrAE under Charcot, who charted 

 Admiralty Bay in December 1909. Not adopted: 

 Le Poing [French]. 



FITCHIE BAY: bay lying W. of Cape Dundas on 

 the S. side of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°45'S., 44°29'W. Charted by the ScotNAE, 

 1902-4, under Bruce, who named it for John 

 Fitchie, second mate of the exp. ship Scotia. 



FITZROY ISLET: islet 0.5 mi. E. of the S. tip of 

 Stonington I., lying in Neny Bay at the foot of 

 Northeast Gl., by which it is partially covered, off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 66°58'W. 

 The islet was presumably first sighted in 1936 by 

 the BGLE, and was roughly charted by them and 

 by the USAS, 1939-41. It was surveyed in 1947 

 by the FIDS who named it for the R.M.S. Fitzroy, 

 FIDS ship which visited this area in 1947. 



FITZSIMMONS, MOUNT: highest peak of the 

 Rockefeller Mtns., standing between Mounts 

 Shideler and Jackling in the N. part of the group, 

 and rising to about 3,500 ft. in el., on Edward VII 

 Pen.; in about 77°54'S., 155°20'W. Disc, on Jan. 

 27, 1929 by members of the ByrdAE on an explora- 

 tory flight to this area. Named for Roy G. Fitz- 

 simmons, physicist, in charge of the Rockefeller 

 Mountains seismic station for the USAS during 

 November-December 1940. Not adopted: Mount 

 Margaret Wade. 



FLAG POINT: point which lies 0.5 mi. ESE. of 

 Damoy Pt. and forms the N. side of the entrance to 

 Port Lockroy, Wiencke I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°49'S., 63°32'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1903-5, 

 under Charcot. Named by the FIDS in 1944. 

 When the FIDS base at Port Lockroy was estab- 

 lished in 1944, a metal Union Jack was erected on 

 this point. 



FLAGON POINT: point, surmounted by two 

 peaks about 1,000 and 1,300 ft. in el., marking the 

 S. side of the entrance to Schott Inlet, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 71°14'S., 60°41'W. Disc, 

 and photographed from the air in December 1940 

 by members of the USAS. It was charted in 1947 

 by a joint party consisting of members of the 

 RARE and FIDS. So named by the FIDS because 

 the two peaks are suggestive of a flagon tilted on its 

 side when viewed from north or south. 



FLAGPOLE POINT: point, about 0.2 mi. NW. of 

 Fishtrap Cove, which forms the S. part of the W. 

 extremity of Stonington I., close off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 67°01'W. First surveyed 

 by the USAS, 1939-41, whose East Base was located 

 on this island. Resurveyed in 1946-47 by the 

 FIDS, and so named by them because of the flag 

 pole which was erected by the USAS on a rocky 

 knoll close NE. of this point. 



FLAGSTAFF POINT: point which forms the S. 

 end of the Cape Royds headland and the NW. side 

 of the entrance to Backdoor Bay, on the W. side 

 of Ross I.; in about 77°33'S., 166°08'E. Charted 

 and named by the BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9, 

 which established its winter headquarters and 

 erected a flag near the point. 



FLANDRES BAY: large bay lying between Capes 

 Renard and Willems, along the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°02'S., 63°20'W. Explored in 1898 by 

 the BelgAE under De Gerlache, who named it, 

 probably after the historical area of that name, 

 now constituting part of France, Belgium, and 

 the Netherlands. Not adopted: Dallmann Bay, 

 Flanders Bay. 



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