West Foreland
West Foreland is a plateau in Antarctica and has an elevation of 69 metres. West Foreland is situated nearby to the neighborhood President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, as well as near Professor Julio Escudero Base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fildes Peninsula and Profound Lake.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic. Profound Lake is situated 4 km south of West Foreland.
Collins
Dwelling
The Collins base is an Antarctic shelter located in the Collins Glacier that is in the Collins Bay in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. It was inaugurated at the 2006–2007 season and is administrated by the Instituto Antártico Chileno. Collins is situated 4 km southeast of West Foreland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 6 km southwest of West Foreland.
West Foreland
- Type: Plateau with an elevation of 69 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.15° or 62° 9′ southLongitude
-58.91667° or 58° 55′ westElevation
69 metres (226 feet)Open location code
3893V32M+28GeoNames ID
6627962
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