Mount Flora

Mount Flora is a mountain, 520 m (1,700 ft) high, containing a well-defined cirque which faces north-east, standing 0.5 nmi (1 km) south-east of the head of Hope Bay, at the north-east end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04, and named by Johan Gunnar Andersson, second-in-command of the expedition who discovered plant fossils of the Jurassic period there.[1]

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

A 30 hectares (74 acres) site on the northern slopes of the mountain, encompassing the fossiliferous strata, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA No.148). It is a scientifically important site for geological, paleobotanical and paleoclimatological studies. It lies about 3 kilometres (1.6 nmi) south-east of Argentina’s Esperanza Base and is easily accessible on foot from there and from Hope Bay.[2]

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References
  1. "Mount Flora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  2. "Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 148: Measure 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. Retrieved 2013-09-10.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Flora". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Mount Flora left of center, Esperanza Base centered, Mount Taylor to right of center


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