COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

El capitán de la Real Marina Británica Henry Foster quien en 1829 visitó la isla a bordo del buque "Chanticleer", lo denominó monte Beaufort, pero ese nombre fue gradualmente reemplazado por el actual que fue colocado en honor del capitán Foster. Monte que se eleva a 2.012 metros y está situado al centro de la isla a 4,5 millas al SW del monte Pisgah, islas Shetland del Sur.

highest peak (c. 2100m) on Smith Island, was roughly charted by the early sealers, when the names Mount Pisco (Burdick, 1820-21, 15 February 1821), Mount Pisga (Palmer, 1820-21, 10 November 1820) and Mount Pisgo (Davis, 1821-22, 16 October 1821) (Mount Pisgah, q.v.) were applied to the island as a whole; further charted by Cdr Henry Foster, RN (1796-1831), from HMS Chanticleer (which he commanded, 1828-31), 7 January 1829, and called Mount Beaufort after Capt. Francis (later Rear-Adm. Sir Francis) Beaufort, RN (1774-1857), a member of the committee which planned Foster's voyage; Hydrographer of the Navy, 1829-55; deviser of the Beaufort scale of wind force ([Foster and Kendall], chart [1829b]); renamed Mount Foster probably by Foster's committee or by the Admiralty after the return of the expedition, Foster having been drowned in the Chagres River, Panama, after an affray with natives, 5 February 1831 (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a [corrected in another hand]; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; APC, 1955, p.10; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Foster Berg (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Mont Foster (Gerlache, 1902b, p.140). Monte Foster (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.11; Pierrou, 1970, p.370; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.127). Pic Foster (Bongrain, 1914, vue 11 following p. 60). Mount Forster [sic] (Nelson, 1935). Mount Beaufurt [sic], Mount Pisgah, as rejected names (USBGN, 1956, p.132). The mountain was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Gora Foster (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

A triple peak, 2,105 m, standing 4 mi SW of Mount Pisgah and forming the summit of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands. Capt. Henry Foster, RN, who visited the island in the but this name has gradually been superseded by the present name honoring Captain Foster.