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Barrett Buttress: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Barrett Buttress 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): Barrett Buttress

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1012

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 13' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 36' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.2166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.6

Elevation (see definition): 1600

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A nunatak rising to 1,600 m at the S margin of Goodenough Glacier, 9 mi SW of Blanchard Nunataks in W Palmer Land. The feature has a sheer NW face 150 m high; the SE side is level with the snow plateau. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Richard G. Barrett, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor at Stonington Island and Adelaide Island stations, 1974-76.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Barrett Buttress 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 Barrett Buttress information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barrett Buttress should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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