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]

References

  1. ^ "Mount Flora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Flora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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

63°25′S 57°1′W / 63.417°S 57.017°W / -63.417; -57.017


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