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Cape Fletcher () is a minor projection of the ice-covered Antarctic coastline south of Martin Reef, midway between
Strahan Glacier Strahan Glacier () is a glacier flowing north into the sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Stevens Rock, midway between Cape Daly and Cape Fletcher, Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand A ...
and Scullin Monolith. It was discovered by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, d ...
, 1929–31, under
Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...
, and named by him for H.O. Fletcher, assistant biologist with the expedition.


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Headlands of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub