Port of Port Foster
Port Foster is a coastal harbor in Antarctica, registered under the UN/LOCODE code AQPFS.
This is a directory stub generated from the UN/LOCODE registry; a fuller write-up has not yet been added.
This record’s port function has not been confirmed by Antarctica’s national authority — UN/LOCODE lists it as a “recognised location” (status RL), not an approved one. It may represent a distinct small port, a berth, terminal, or anchorage within a larger port, or a place with no distinct port facility.
Port characteristics
- Size / type
- Very small, Coastal, natural
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by ice
- Charted depths
- Channel23.2+ m (76+ ft)
- Anchorage21.6–22.9 m (71–75 ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- No terminal type is recorded in this WPI source.
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 0 m
- Also noted
- turning area available
Facilities and services
Communications include radio and air. Cargo can be worked at anchor.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 63095, Pub. 200, chart 29101. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.
- NGA World Port Index database (WPI.mdb), 2019. Facilities and services data.
- Record status: WPI-classified port.