Paramun Buttress

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Paramun Buttress (Bulgarian: Парамунски рид, ‘Paramunski Rid’ \pa-ra-'mun-ski 'rid\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1500 m on the southeast side of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, and situated between tributaries to Edgeworth Glacier. It has steep and partly ice-free west, south and east slopes.

The peak is named after the settlement of Paramun in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Paramun Buttress is located at 64°13′39″S 59°52′44″W / 64.22750°S 59.87889°W / -64.22750; -59.87889Coordinates: 64°13′39″S 59°52′44″W / 64.22750°S 59.87889°W / -64.22750; -59.87889, which is 5.74 west-northwest of Kopriva Peak, 6.92 km north-northeast of Trave Peak and 27.1 km south of Volov Peak on Davis Coast.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Paramun 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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