Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Proclamation 2005
Part 48Antarctic specially protected area No. 148
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Part 48 Antarctic specially protected area No. 148
Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.
Latitude 63 25 S, longitude 57 01 W.
Mount Flora (latitude 63° 25 S, longitude 57° 01 W, 0.3 km2) is situated on the south-eastern flank of Hope Bay, at the northern end of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The summit of Mount Flora (520 m) is approximately 1 km from the southern shore of Hope Bay.
The boundaries designated in the original management plan have been revised in the current management plan to include all of the known exposed fossiliferous strata on the northern slopes of Mount Flora. The summit ridge and highest peak of Mount Flora (520 m), which were formerly within the boundary, are comprised of non-fossiliferous volcanic rocks and have now been excluded from the Area. The boundary runs from the north summit of Mount Flora (516 m) — the highest point of the boundary — westward down the ridge to the Kenney Glacier, the eastern margin of Kenney Glacier northward to the 150 m contour, eastward along the 150 m contour to the north-western margin of the Flora Glacier, the north-western margin of the Flora Glacier south-westward to the ridge leading westward to the north summit of Mount Flora. Where present, the glacier margins, lower outcrops, western ridge and northern summit of Mount Flora form visually obvious features that indicate the boundaries: the Area remains otherwise unmarked.