GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



command of the exp., who disc, flora fossils of the 

 Jurassic period in certain strata of this mountain. 

 Not adopted: Florasberg [Swedish]. 



Florasberg: see Flora, Mount. 



FLORENCE ROCK: rock about 0.1 mi. long with 

 a smaller rock off its NE. end, lying about 0.8 mi. 

 SE. of Point Rae, off the S. coast of Laurie I., in 

 the South Orkney Is.; in 60°47'S., 44°36'W. 

 Charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce. 

 Named in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



FLOWER, MOUNT: mountain with two summits, 

 the highest about 4,800 ft. in el., standing 6.5 mi. 

 inland from Carse Pt. and George VI Sound on the 

 W. side of Palmer Pen.; in 70°12'S., 67°53'W. This 

 mountain lies partially within the margin of area 

 first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by 

 Lincoln Ellsworth, and its N. extremity was mapped 

 from these photographs by W. L. G. Joerg. It was 

 first surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 and later named for Geoffrey C. Flower, instructor 

 in survey at the Royal Geographical Soc, 1933-40, 

 who helped with the organization and working out 

 of the surveys made by the BGLE, 1934-37. 



F. L. SMITH, MOUNT: mountain in the Queen 

 Alexandra Range, about 8,300 ft. in el., standing 

 N. of Mt. Fox and about 15 mi. SW. of Mt. Hope 

 on the W. side of Beardmore Gl.; in about 83°40'S., 

 169°40'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE under 

 Shackleton, 1907-9. Not adopted: Mount P. L. 

 Smith. 



FLYING FISH, CAPE : cape which forms the NW. 

 extremity of Thurston Pen. and marks the physical 

 division between Walgreen Coast and Eights Coast; 

 in about 71°50'S., 100°50'W. Disc, by the USAS 

 on a flight from the Bear in February 1940. Named 

 by the US-SCAN for the USEE ship Flying Fish, 

 commanded by Lt. William M. Walker, USN, which 

 reached a point within 110 mi. of this cape; the 

 ship's position on the morning of March 23, 1839 

 was reported to lie in 70°00'S., 100°16'W. Not 

 adopted: Cape Dart (q.v.). 



Flying Fish, Cape: see Dart, Cape; Palmer, Cape. 



FLYSPOT ROCKS: group of rocks, about 100 ft. 

 in el., lying about 14 mi. NW. of Terra Firma Is. 

 in Marguerite Bay; in 68°35'S., 68°06'W. The 

 rocks are ice covered on the S. sides but mainly 

 ice free on their N. sides. Probably first sighted 

 in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot who, from a 

 position slightly northwestward, charted a "doubt- 

 ful" islet in essentially this position. The group 

 was roughly sketched from the air by the BGLE 

 on a fiight, Feb. 1, 1937. They were visited and 



surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS. The name arose 

 at an earlier date because of their indistinct ap- 

 pearance as represented on the BGLE map. 



Foca, Pointe: see Penguin Point. 



FOCA POINT: rocky point forming the S. side 

 of the entrance to Express Cove on the W. side of 

 Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 45°40'W. 

 Surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS. Named by the 

 Br-APC after the whale catcher Foca, belonging to 

 the Compaiaia Argentina de Pesca, which visited 

 the South Orkney Is. in December 1926. 



FOLD ISLAND: large island lying NW. of the en- 

 trance to William Scoresby Bay, off Kemp Coast; 

 in about 67°18'S., 59°25'E. This feature was seen 

 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby in Feb- 

 ruary 1936, who believed it to be part of the main- 

 land. It was determined to be an island and named 

 Foldoya by Norwegian cartographers who charted 

 this area from aerial photographs taken by a Nor. 

 exp. under Christensen in January-February 1937. 

 Not adopted : Folda Island. 



Folda Island: see Fold Island. 



FOLGER, CAPE : ice-covered cape forming the E. 

 side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay, on Budd 

 Coast; in about 66°05'S., 110°40'E. The position 

 of Cape Folger correlates closely with the W. end 

 of Wilkes' "Budd's High Land," as charted as a 

 coastal landfall by the USEE in 1840. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Cdr. 

 Edward C. Folger, Jr., USN, commander of the ice- 

 breaker Edisto which assisted USN Op. Wml. 

 parties in establishing astronomical control sta- 

 tions in the Windmill Is., close SW. in Vincennes 

 Bay. 



FORBES GLACIER: glacier which flows SW. and 

 then W. into the NE. corner of Square Bay, on the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°48'S., 66°44'W. It 

 is about 15 mi. long and 5 mi. wide in its central 

 part, but narrows to 2 mi. at its mouth. The lower 

 reaches of the glacier were flrst surveyed in 1936 

 by the BGLE under Rymill. The survey was com- 

 pleted in 1946-48 by the FIDS who named the 

 glacier for James D. Forbes (1809-1868), Scottish 

 physcist who was noted for his pioneer works on 

 glaciology. 



Ford Range: see Edsel Ford Ranges. 



FORDE, MOUNT: dome-shaped mountain about 

 3,500 ft. in el., situated at the E. side of Cleveland 

 Gl. about 1.5 mi. NW. of Mt. Marston, in Victoria 

 Land; in about 76°53'S., 162°11'E. Charted by the 



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