Folger Rock
| Folger Rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street , Southern Ocean | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 16 ′ S , 59 ° 14 ′ W | |
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The Folger Rock is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 4 km north of Harmony Point northwest of Nelson Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on 1961 after Tristan Folger, captain of the US sealer William and Nancy from Nantucket , who operated between 1820 and 1821 in the nearby Harmony Cove .
Web links
- Folger Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Folger Rock on geographic.org (English)