Cape Foster is a cape lying southeast of

Carlsson Bay Carlsson Bay () is a square bay, in extent, entered northwest of Cape Foster on the southwest side of James Ross Island. It was first seen and surveyed in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for J. Car ...

on the south side of

James Ross Island James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north–south ...

. It was discovered by a British expedition, 1839–43, under

James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edwa ...

, who named it for Captain Henry Foster,

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

, leader of a British expedition in the ''Chanticleer'', 1828–31. The cape was mapped by the

Swedish Antarctic Expedition The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Background Otto Nordensk ...

under

Otto Nordenskiöld Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

, 1901–04.

References

Headlands of James Ross Island {{JamesRossIsland-geo-stub