Feature Name (see definition): Fletcher Ice Rise

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5029

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 081° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A large ice rise, 100 mi long and 40 mi wide, at the southwest side of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature is completely ice covered and rises between Rutford Ice Stream and Carlson Inlet. The ice rise was observed, photographed and roughly sketched by Lieutenant Ronald F. Carlson, U.S. Navy (USN), in the course of a C-130 aircraft flight of Dec. 14-15, 1961 from McMurdo Sound to this vicinity and return. Mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph O. Fletcher, director of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1971-74.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data