Folger Rock

Folger Rock is a rock lying 2.5 nautical miles north of Harmony Point, , in the . 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 , which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21, operating from nearby .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Meldia Rock.

Islet
is the rock of diameter 220 m and split… is situated 2 km east of Folger Rock.

Folger Rock

Latitude
-62.26254° or 62° 15′ 45″ south
Longitude
-59.23061° or 59° 13′ 50″ west
Open location code
3892PQP9+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1123921922
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­rock
Wiki­data ID
Q5464350
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Folger Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Folger”
  • Chinese: “福爾傑岩”
  • Czech: “Skála Folger”
  • Dutch: “Folger”
  • French: “Rocher Folger”
  • German: “Folger Rock”
  • German: “Folgerfelsen”
  • Ladin: “Folger Rock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Folger Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folger Rock”
  • Portuguese: “Rochedo Folger”
  • Spanish: “Roca Folger”
  • Swedish: “Folger”

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Highlights: Afala Island and Withem Island.

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