This page presents the geographical name data for
Buttress Nunataks in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Buttress Nunataks
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2232
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 22' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
066° 47' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.3666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.7833333
Elevation
(see definition):
635
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
Group of prominent coastal rock exposures, the highest 635 m, lying close inland from George VI Sound and 10 mi WNW of the Seward Mountains, on the W coast of Palmer Land. First seen from a distance and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Visited and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who gave this descriptive name.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Buttress Nunataks in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Buttress Nunataks information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Buttress Nunataks should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.