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Folger Rock
Folger
Rock
is a rock
lying
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
.