Cape Foster is a cape lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Carlsson Bay on the south side of James Ross Island. It was discovered by a British expedition, 1839–43, under James Clark Ross, who named it for Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, leader of a British expedition in the Chanticleer, 1828–31. The cape was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Foster, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-02.

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64°27′S 57°59′W / 64.450°S 57.983°W / -64.450; -57.983


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