Hayduta Buttress
Hayduta Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Хайдута, ‘Rid Hayduta’ \'rid hay-'du-ta\) is the rounded, mostly ice-covered buttress 13.5 km long in E-W direction and 7.5 km wide, rising to 1400 m on the west side of Hemimont Plateau on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free south, west and north slopes, and surmounts Perutz Glacier to the south, Blind Bay to the west and Barnes Glacier to the north.
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The buttress is named after Hayduta Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.
Location
Hayduta Buttress is located at 67°33′50″S 66°26′45″W, which is 13 km south-southwest of Smilyan Bastion, 12.7 km north of Shapkarev Buttress, 14.25 km northeast of Glavinitsa Peak and 7.17 km east-southeast of Chertigrad Point. British mapping in 1978.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Hayduta Buttress. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Hayduta Buttress. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.