Sauria Buttress

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

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

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Place ID: 12763
Name ID: 131222

Feature type: Buttress (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rock buttress rising to c. 1,300 m to the SE of Lundstrom Knoll in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by UK-APC in 1971 after Charles-Marc Sauria (b. 1812), French inventor of the first practical friction match in 1831.

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Location

Latitude:
80° 32' 00.0" S
-80.53333°
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Longitude:
20° 24' 00.0" W
-20.40000°
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Altitude:
1300 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

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Approval status

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