Florence Nunatak () is a conspicuous
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
, high, nearly east of the head of
Potter Cove
Potter Cove is a cove indenting the south-west side of King George Island to the east of Barton Peninsula, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. An extinct volcano named Three Brothers Hill is located on its east side.
Potter Cove was know ...
in the southwest part of
King George Island,
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1960 for the sealing vessel which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1876–77 during the revival of
United States
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southern fur sealing. Some of the crew of the ''Florence'' wintered at Potter Cove during 1877; only one survived.
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References
Mountains of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Nunataks of the South Shetland Islands
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