Name details

Palindrome Buttress

Palindrome Buttress (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Palindrome Buttress  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110479

Feature type: Buttress

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 905m near N end of Walton Mountains, Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; so named from its characteristic shape which is recognizable from all directions ([in 70°59'S 71°17'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710, sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/13, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 06' 00.0" S
-71.10000°
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Longitude:
70° 28' 00.0" W
-70.46667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
2-Mar-1961

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