Foster Peninsula
| Foster Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Palmer Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Lamplugh Inlet | |
The Foster Peninsula is a towering and icy peninsula on the Black Coast of the Palmerland in the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates the Palmer Inlet from the Lamplugh Inlet .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1976 after Theodore D. Foster, oceanographer in the United States Antarctic Research Program and 1969 participant in the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions and from 1972 to 1973 and from 1974 to 1975 leader of teams in this research series.
Web links
- Foster Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foster Peninsula on geographic.org (English)