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.

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


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