Mount Foster

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Mount Foster is a prominent, heavily glaciated mountain on Smith Island in Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands, notable as the archipelago’s highest peak.

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Mount Foster canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated mountain
mountain
climate polar
climbingDifficulty technical alpine climb
continent Antarctica
country Antarctica
discoveredBy Edward Bransfield
William Smith
discoveryYear 1819
elevation 2105 m
6906 ft
firstAscentBy Bill Tilman expedition members
Bulgarian mountaineers
firstAscentYear 1996
hasCoordinateSystem latitude/longitude
hasFeature heavy glaciation
steep slopes
hasGlacier Armira Glacier
Bistra Glacier
Chuprene Glacier
Armira Glacier
surface form: Dragoman Glacier
hasSnowCover permanent
hasSummit central summit ridge
highestPointOf South Shetland Islands
isInProtectedArea false
isOnIsland Smith Island
isRemote true
isUninhabited true
isVolcanic false
locatedIn Antarctica
Smith Island
South Shetland Islands
mapReference British Antarctic Territory topographic maps
namedAfter Henry Foster
namedFor British naval officer Henry Foster
nearestSea Drake Passage
partOf South Shetland Islands
surface form: South Shetland Islands archipelago
prominence 2105 m
range Kuramin Range
surface form: Imeon Range
region West Antarctica

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Smith Island hasHighestPoint Mount Foster