Fisher Peak is a peak rising to about 1,100 m, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Leek

Mount Leek

Mount Leek is a mountain standing west of Spear Glacier in the northeast part of the Hauberg Mountains, in Palmer Land. First observed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named...

, Hauberg Mountains

Hauberg Mountains

The Hauberg Mountains are a group of mountains of about extent, located north of Cape Zumberge and south of the Sweeney Mountains in Palmer Land, Antarctica....

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-67. Climbed in December 1977 by members of a USGS field party. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) in 1985 after Commander Dwight D. Fisher, U.S. Navy, command pilot on the first landing by LC-130 Hercules aircraft on English Coast

English Coast

English Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between the north tip of Rydberg Peninsula and Buttress Nunataks . To the west is Bryan Coast, and northward runs Rymill Coast east of Alexander Island across George VI Sound. This coast was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn...

 in December 1984; Commanding Officer

Commanding officer

The commanding officer is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he sees fit, within the bounds of military law...

, U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6

VXE-6

VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...

), from May 1984 to May 1985; Commanding Officer, NSFA, 1987–89; Naval Officer on detail to National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

 (NSF), 1989–92; Deputy Manager, Polar Operations Section, Office of Polar Programs, NSF, from 1992.