Glazne Buttress

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Glazne Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Глазне, ‘Rid Glazne’ \'rid gla-'zne\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1650 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between Arrol Icefall and upper Aleksiev Glacier, and has precipitous, partly ice-free northeast and south slopes. The feature is named after Glazne River in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Glazne Buttress is located at 64°35′10″S 60°38′40″W / 64.58611°S 60.64444°W / -64.58611; -60.64444Coordinates: 64°35′10″S 60°38′40″W / 64.58611°S 60.64444°W / -64.58611; -60.64444, which is 13.7 km west-southwest of the summit of Kableshkov Ridge, 13.8 km west of Spoluka Point, 9.85 km north of Papiya Nunatak, and 9.7 km east-southeast of Konstantin Buttress. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Glazne Buttress. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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