COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

drowned and breached volcanic crater forming harbour of Deception Island, was discovered by Palmer, 15 November 1820 (Palmer, 1820-21) and charted by Fildes in c. 1821 (Fildes, 1821b, chart [2]); called Deception Harbour (Fanning and Pendleton, 1821), Harbour of Deception (Fildes, 1821b, chart [2]), Port William probably after the brig Williams (Capt. W. Smith) (Clark, 1821), Bay of Deception (Davis, 1821-22, 30 December 1821) or Deception Bays (Pendleton, 1821-23, 30 January 1822); also called Yankee Harbor, erroneously identifying this feature with Yankee Harbour (q.v.), Greenwich Island (Fanning, 1833, p.435); named Port Foster after Cdr H. Foster, RN (Mount Foster, q.v.), who made pendulum and magnetic observations at Pendulum Cove (q.v.) in 1829 (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3202, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.10; DOS 310 Deception Island sheet, 1960). H vre Iankee (d'Urville, 1842, p.12). Foster Hafen (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Forster [sic] Hafen (Stefan, 1900, map facing p. 532). Porto Foster (Gerlache, 1902a, end map). Puerto Foster (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.371; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.127). Bassin Interieur (Charcot, 1910, p.33). Yankee Harbour (Charcot, [1911b], p.35). Port Foster (Yankee Harbor) (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Foster H. (HA chart, 1928). Foster Harbor (Yoder, 1929, p.219). Deception Harbor (Wilkins, 1930, p.357). Williams Harbour, referring to the name reported to have been given by Capt. W. Smith (Aagaard, 1934, p.417). Yankey Hbr. (Hobbs, 1939a, p.41). Port Williams (Martin, 1940, p.548). Port William (Port Foster) (Yankee Harbor) (USHO, 1943, p.104). Port William (Foster) (USAAF chart 1737, 1946). Bahía Foster (Cordovez Madariaga, 1945, p.93). The harbour was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1948-49. Fondeadero Fontana [=fountain anchorage], referring either to this feature or to Whalers Bay (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1963). Bahía Yankee, as rejected name (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.307). Forster [sic] Bay (Hermosilla, 1976, p.59). The shores of the harbour were designated SSSI No. 21 under the Antarctic Treaty (SPRI, 1986, p.244-45). [For details of survey and occupation see Deception Island, Fumarole Bay, Pendulum Cove, Whalers Bay.]

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 Capt. 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 Capt. Henry Foster of the Chanticleer, who made pendulum and magnetic observations in this harbor in 1829. The latter name has become established by usage.

Este puerto fue conocido por los cazadores de focas a comienzo de 1820 y su nombre está establecido internacionalmente hace más de 100 años. Se le dio este nombre por el capitán de la Real Marina Británica Henry Foster, quien en el año 1822 realizó en la bahía observaciones magnéticas y pendulares. Situado al interior de la isla Decepción, puerto que mide 4 millas de largo por 3 de ancho, en las islas Shetland del Sur. El fondo del puerto es parejo y limpio, sus aguas se congelan totalmente en invierno (junio) y se cubren rápidamente de una compacta capa de pack-ice, hasta 2 metros de espesor. En septiembre comienza el deshielo en forma lenta, carece de glaciares que descarguen en el puerto por lo tanto no se observan témpanos en él.