Cape Foster
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 27 ′ S , 57 ° 59 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
Cape Foster is a cape on the south coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is 5 km southeast of Carlsson Bay .
It was discovered during the Antarctic expedition (1839–1843) of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross . He named the cape after the British polar explorer Henry Foster (1796-1831), head of the British Antarctic expedition with the HMS Chanticleer (1828-1831). A mapping was carried out by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld .
Web links
- Cape Foster in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Foster on geographic.org (English)