Mount Foster

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glaciated mountain mountain

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

Statements (40)

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 NERFINISHED → Bistra Glacier NERFINISHED → Chuprene Glacier NERFINISHED → Dragoman Glacier NERFINISHED →
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 archipelago →
prominence	2105 m →
range	Imeon Range →
region	West Antarctica →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
South Shetland Islands →	hasHighestPoint