Stoykite Buttress

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Stoykite Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Стойките, ‘Rid Stoykite’ \'rid 'stoy-ki-te\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1600 m in the southwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between west-flowing tributaries to Drygalski Glacier, and has precipitous, partly ice-free northwest and southeast slopes. The feature is named after the settlement of Stoykite in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Stoykite Buttress is located at 64°36′10″S 60°51′10″W, which is 10.15 km west-southwest of Glazne Buttress, 4.2 km north of Ruth Ridge, 10.35 km east of the south extremity of Fender Buttress, and 4.5 km south of Konstantin Buttress. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Stoykite Buttress. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Stoykite Buttress. Copernix satellite image

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