GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



been superseded by the present name, which honors 

 Captain Foster. Not adopted: Mount Beaufort, 

 Mount Beaufurt, Mount Pisgah (q.v.). 



Foster, Mount: see Pisgah, Mount. 



FOSTER, PORT: basin about 5 mi. long and 

 3.5 mi. wide, landlocked within Deception I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°58'S., 60°39'W. This 

 harbor was known to sealers as early as 1820, and 

 the name Port Foster has been well established 

 in international usage for over 100 years. Named 

 for Capt. Henry Foster, RN, who made pendulum 

 and magnetic observations in this harbor in 1829. 

 Not adopted: Port Williams, Yankee Harbor. 



FOUL POINT: the N. point of the islet, with 

 oflf-lying rocks, which forms the E. side of the 

 entrance to Ommanney Bay, ^ on the N. coast of 

 Coronation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°33'S., 

 45°31'W. Disc, in December 1821 in the course of 

 the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer. The name first appears on 

 Powell's chart, published in 1822. 



FOUR LADIES BANK: submarine bank lying 

 ofT Prydz Bay, centering in about 67°30'S., 77°30'E. 

 Disc, by a Nor. exp. under Christensen, 1936-37, 

 and named after the four ladies of the exp. party. 



FOURNIER BAY: bay about 5 mi. long and 3 

 mi. wide, indenting the NE. coast of Anvers I. about 

 7 mi. NW. of Van Ryswyck Pt., in the Palmer Arch.; 

 in about 64°31'S., 63°06'W. Probably first seen by 

 a Ger. exp., 1873-74, under Dallmann. Charted by 

 the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by 

 him for V. Adm. Ernest Fournier, French Navy. 

 Not adopted: Bale E. Fournier [French]. 



FOX GLACIER: channel glacier about 3 mi. 

 wide and 5 mi. long, flowing NE. from the conti- 

 nental ice to Budd Coast, where it terminates in 

 a small tongue at the W. side of the entrance to 

 Colvocoresses Bay; in about 65°50'S., 114°35'E. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for 

 Dr. J. L. Fox, asst. surgeon on the sloop of war 

 Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



FOX MOUNT : mountain in the Queen Alexandra 

 Range, about 8,800 ft. in el., rising directly S. of 

 Mt. F. L. Smith and about 17 mi. SW. of Mt. Hope, 

 on the W. side of Beardmore GL; in about 83°40'S., 

 169°35'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE, 1907-9, 

 under Shackleton. 



Foyn, Cape: see Alexander, Cape. 



FOYN COAST: that portion of the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen. lying between Cape Alexander, in 

 66°44'S., 62°37'W. and Cape Northrop, in 67°24'S., 



65°16'W. Disc, in 1893 by a Nor. exp. under C. A. 

 Larsen, who named it for Svend Foyn, Norwegian 

 whaler of T0nsberg whose invention of the grenade 

 harpoon has greatly facilitated modern whaling. 

 Not adopted: Foyn Land, Foynland, Svend Foyn 

 Coast. 



Foyn Island: see Foyn Point. 



FOYN POINT: point, surmounted by a peak 

 about 1,600 ft. in el. marking the N. side of the 

 entrance to Exasperation Inlet, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 61°39'W. Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928 photographed 

 an island off the E. coast of Palmer Pen., later 

 charting it in 66°30'S., 62°30'W. Subsequent com- 

 parison of Wilkins' photographs of this feature with 

 those taken by the FIDS, who charted the coast 

 in 1947, indicate that this point, although con- 

 siderably N. of the position reported by Wilkins and 

 possibly on an island, is the feature named by him 

 Foyn Island. The name Foyn Point is given to 

 the SE. extremity of this feature. Named for Svend 

 Foyn. Not adopted: Foyn Island. 



Foynland: see Foyn Coast. 



FRAM BANK: submarine bank lying off Mac- 

 Kenzie Bay, between about 67°00'S., and 67°30'S., 

 and extending from about 68°30'E. to 71°30'E. 

 Disc, on Feb. 4, 1931 by Christensen, who named 

 it after Fridtjof Nansen's famous ship, the Fram, 

 which was also used by Roald Amundsen in his 

 exp. to the South Pole. 



FRAM ISLETS: small group of rocky islets and 

 rocks lying in the W. portion of Geologie Arch., 

 about 2 mi. NNW. of Cape G^odesie, off Adelie 

 Coast; in 66°38'S., 139°50'E. Photographed from 

 the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the 

 FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51, and named for the 

 Norwegian polar ship Fram, used by Fridtjof Nan- 

 sen in the Arctic and Roald Amundsen in the 

 Antarctic. 



Framnaes, Cape; Framnds: see Framnes, Cape. 



FRAMNAES POINT: point about 1.2 mi. SW. of 

 Cape Saunders, on the N. side of Stromness Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°08'S., 36°39'W. The name 

 was given prior to 1920, probably by Norwegian 

 whalers operating in the area. Not adopted: 

 Framnaes. 



Framnaesodden: see Framnes Head. 



FRAMNES, CAPE: cape which forms the NE. 

 end of Jason I., in the NW. part of Weddell Sea; in 

 65°57'S., 60°33'W. Disc, and named in 1893 by a 

 Nor. exp. under C. A. Larsen. At that time Larsen 



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