词条 | Mount Foster |
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| name = Mount Foster | photo = Mount-Foster.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Foster with twin Evlogi Peak, and Antim Peak on the right. | elevation_m = 2105 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = 2105 | prominence_ref = [1] | listing = Ultra | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | map_size = | label_position = bottom | location = Smith Island, Antarctica | range = Imeon Range | range_coordinates = | coordinates = {{coord|62|59|48|S|62|32|55|W|type:mountain_region:AQ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = Greg Landreth, 1996 | easiest_route = }} Mount Foster is a peak rising to {{convert|2105|m|ft|0}} in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago. Mount Foster has triple peaks of which Mount Foster proper is the southernmost, the central one is Evlogi Peak (2090 m), and the northern one is Antim Peak (2070 m).[2] The first ascent was made by Greg Landreth and team on 29 January 1996.[3] The feature is named after Captain Henry Foster, commander of HMS Chanticleer who explored the South Shetlands in 1829. LocationMount Foster is linked by Zavet Saddle to Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and surmounts Bistra Glacier to the west, Chuprene Glacier to the north-northwest, Rupite Glacier to the east, Landreth Glacier to the southeast and Dragoman Glacier to the south-southeast. The peak is located 5.45 km northeast of Riggs Peak, 2.78 km south-southeast of Garmen Point, 7.64 km southwest of Mount Pisgah and 3.86 km north-northwest of Ivan Asen Point (Bulgarian mapping in 2009). {{clear|left}}Maps
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References1. ^1 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-24. 2. ^L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-9-5}} (First edition 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}) 3. ^News from Antarctica: Mount Foster’s first ascent. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010116153200/http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/focus/southpole/smith.htm |date=2001-01-16 }} Other sources
1 : Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands) |
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