Sumgin Buttress

Sumgin Buttress (80°18′S 25°44′W) is a prominent elevated rock mass 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southwest of Charpentier Pyramid, rising to about 1,100 m on the west side of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. It was roughly surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957 and was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967. It was resurveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) between 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Mikhail I. Sumgin (1873–1942), a Russian pioneer in permafrost research.

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