Mount Flora
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Mount Flora is a mountain
, 520 m, containing a well-defined cirque which faces northeast, standing 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of the head of Hope Bay
, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula
. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
under Nordenskjold, 1901–04, and named by J. Gunnar Andersson, second-in-command of the expedition who discovered flora fossils of the Jurassic period in certain strata of this mountain.
Mountain
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, 520 m, containing a well-defined cirque which faces northeast, standing 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of the head of Hope Bay
Hope Bay
Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound....
, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...
under Nordenskjold, 1901–04, and named by J. Gunnar Andersson, second-in-command of the expedition who discovered flora fossils of the Jurassic period in certain strata of this mountain.