Foehn bastion
| Foehn bastion | ||
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 30 '53 " S , 68 ° 36' 35" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Föhn Bastion is a 915 m high mountain on the Rymill coast in the west of the West Antarctic Palmerland . It rises 13 km southeast of Cape Jeremy .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain on December 8, 1977 after the foehn , the downwind in the European Alps .
Web links
- Föhn Bastion in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Föhn Bastion on geographic.org (English)