The Bellingshausen Sea is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula between 57°18'W and 102°20'W, west of Alexander Island , east of Cape Flying Fish on Thurston Island , and south of Peter I Island (there the southern Vostokkysten ). The Bellingshausen Sea borders the Eights Coast , the Bryan Coast , and the west part of the English Coast . To the west of Cape Flying Fish it joins the Amundsen Sea .
2-1124: Fletcher Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea between the Abbot and Venable ice shelves in Antarctica . It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Fred C. Fletcher of Boston, a contributor to the United States Antarctic Service , 1939–41. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Fletcher Peninsula" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 72°45′S 88°50′W / 72.750°S 88.833°W / -72.750; -88.833 This Ellsworth Land location article
4-523: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bellingshausen Sea Bellingshausen Sea has an area of 487,000 km (188,000 sq mi) and reaches a maximum depth of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi). It contains the undersea plain Bellingshausen Plain . The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) is thought to originate in the Bellingshausen Sea as the result of a density front at
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