Feature Name (see definition): Foster, Port

Feature Class (see definition): Harbor

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5182

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 39' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.65

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Basin-like harbor (a drowned breached crater), 5 mi long and 3 mi wide, lying within Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The harbor was known to sealers as early as 1820, and in its early history was called Port Williams, after Captain William Smith's brig, the Williams, or Yankee Harbor, because of the number of American sealers who harbored there. A few years later it was named Port Foster after Captain Henry Foster of the Chanticleer, who made pendulum and magnetic observations in this harbor in 1829. The latter name has become established by usage.

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