Florence Rock
Florence Rock is a rock 0.1 nautical miles long with a smaller rock off its northeast end, lying 0.8 nautical miles southwest of Cape Anderson, off the south coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: rock in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Roca Florence”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ailsa Craig.
Ailsa Craig
Islet
Ailsa Craig is a precipitous island 1 mile south of Point Rae, off the south coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named it for the island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Ailsa Craig is situated 3 km southwest of Florence Rock.
Florence Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Florence Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Florence”
- Chinese: “弗洛倫斯岩”
- German: “Florence Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Florence Rock”
- Spanish: “Florence, roca”
- Spanish: “Roca Florence”
- Swedish: “Florence Rock”
- Swedish: “Florence”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mill Cove and Anderson, Cape.
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