Name details

Stoykite Buttress

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137586

Feature type:

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The ice-covered buttress rising to 1600 m in the SW foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. Situated between west-flowing tributaries to Drygalski Glacier, 10.15 km WSW of Glazne Buttress, 4.2 km N of Ruth Ridge, 10.35 km E of the S extremity of Fender Buttress, and 4.5 km S of Konstantin Buttress. Precipitous, partly ice-free NW and SE slopes. British mapping in 1978. Named after the settlement of Stoykite in Southern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 36' 10.0" S
-64.60278°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
60° 51' 10.0" W
-60.85278°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Feb-2013

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