Mechit Buttress

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

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

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Place ID: 19141
Name ID: 137472

Feature type: None recorded.

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 1800 m between Moser Glacier, Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, and linked by a saddle to Forbidden Plateau to the SE. Situated 4.65 km SE of The Downfall, and 2.9 km S of Bacho Kiro Peak. British mapping in 1980. Named after Mechit Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 48' 34.0" S
-64.80944°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
62° 15' 52.0" W
-62.26444°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
1800 m
Accurate to 0m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Dec-2012

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