Location of Danco Coast.

Mechit Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Мечит, ‘Rid Mechit’ \'rid me-'chit\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1891 m[1] between Moser Glacier, Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is linked by a saddle to Forbidden Plateau to the southeast.

The feature is named after Mechit Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Mechit Buttress is located at 64°48′34″S 62°15′52″W / 64.80944°S 62.26444°W / -64.80944; -62.26444, which is 4.65 km southeast of The Downfall, and 2.9 km south of Bacho Kiro Peak. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

  1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References


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


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