Folger Rock
Folger Rock is a rock lying 2.5 nautical miles north of Harmony Point, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Tristan Folger, the Master of the American sealing vessel William and Nancy from Nantucket, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21, operating from nearby Harmony Cove.Places of Interest
Highlights: Meldia Rock.
Folger Rock
- Type: Hill
- Description: rock in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.26229° or 62° 15′ 44″ south
Longitude
-59.2306° or 59° 13′ 50″ west
Open location code
3892PQQ9+3Q
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Folger Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folger”
- Chinese: “福爾傑岩”
- Dutch: “Folger”
- French: “Rocher Folger”
- German: “Folger Rock”
- Ladin: “Folger Rock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Folger Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folger Rock”
- Portuguese: “Rochedo Folger”
- Spanish: “Folger, Roca”
- Swedish: “Folger”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Eco Nelson and Great Wall.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Harmony Point and Esfinge, punta.
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