Mount Flora
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| height | 520 m | |
| location | Hope Bay , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Dominance | 1.3 km → The Pyramid | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 25 ′ 10 ″ S , 57 ° 1 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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Mount Flora is a mountain on Hope Bay at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is known as the site of plant fossils from the Mesozoic era .
geography
The mountain is located about one kilometer southeast of Hope Bay and three kilometers southwest of the Argentine Esperanza and Uruguayan Elichiribehety stations . He has a pronounced Kar , which opens to the northeast and is completed by the Flora Glacier. In the southwest, the Kenney Glacier flows to the Depot Glacier, which calves into Hope Bay. Mount Flora is dominated by The Pyramid (565 m) about 1.2 km south . To the north, at its feet, is the Five Lakes Valley, which is separated from Hope Bay by the Scar Hills.
history
The mountain was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903 under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld and named Floraberg . The reason for the name was the discovery of plant fossils from the Jura by Johan Gunnar Andersson , who wintered at Hope Bay in 1903 with two participants in the expedition.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
A 30 hectare area on the north flank of Mount Flora is designated as a specially protected area of Antarctica No. 148 ( Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 148). The protection applies to the fossil deposit of a plant community from the Mesozoic Era, consisting of Equisetopsida , ferns , cycads , seed ferns and Coniferopsida .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula (PDF; 668 kB), Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 148, accessed on June 26, 2016