Hoseason Island

The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after HMS Chanticleer (Captain Henry Foster), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on 7 January 1829.The name was applied by Captain Henry Foster of the Chanticleer, whose party made a landing in this vicinity on 7 January 1829.The cape appears in rough outline on an 1828 chart published by Richard Holmes Laurie, and was presumably observed in 1824 by James Hoseason, mate of the British sealing expedition under Edward Hughes.It was named by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828-31, probably for Sir John Barrow, Secretary of the Admiralty, 1804-06 and 1807-45, and founder of the Royal Geographical Society.The most prominent feature on the east side of Hoseason Island is this peak which rises steeply from a straight piece of coast.
Hoseason Island, Palmer Archipelago
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