Konstantin Buttress

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Konstantin Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Константин, ‘Rid Konstantin’ \'rid kon-stan-'tin\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1700 m in the southwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between southwest-flowing tributaries to Drygalski Glacier, and has precipitous, partly ice-free west and south slopes. The feature is named after Czar Konstantin II of Bulgaria, 1396-1422.

Location

Konstantin Buttress is located at 64°33′45″S 60°50′20″W / 64.56250°S 60.83889°W / -64.56250; -60.83889Coordinates: 64°33′45″S 60°50′20″W / 64.56250°S 60.83889°W / -64.56250; -60.83889, which is 9.7 km west-northwest of Glazne Buttress, 4.5 km north of Stoykite Buttress, and 4 km southeast of Odesos 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

Konstantin 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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