Florence Rock
| Florence Rock | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 46 ′ S , 44 ° 35 ′ W | |
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The Florence Rock is a 160 m long cliff rock off the south coast of Laurie Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is 1.3 km southwest of Cape Anderson . Another and smaller cliff rises up from its northeastern end.
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of polar explorer William Speirs Bruce mapped and named the rock. The further background of the naming is not known.
Web links
- Florence Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Florence Rock on geographic.org (English)