Florence Nunatak
| Florence Nunatak | ||
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| height | 280 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 13 ′ 7 ″ S , 58 ° 36 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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The Florence Nunatak is a striking and 280 m high nunatak in the southwest of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises about two miles east of the head end of Potter Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the British sealer Florence , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1876 and 1877. The wintering of part of the crew in Potter Cove in 1877 only one member survived.
Web links
- Florence Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Florence Nunatak on geographic.org (English)