Blorenge Buttress

Blorenge Buttress (

76°43′S 161°20′E / 76.717°S 161.333°E / -76.717; 161.333Coordinates: 76°43′S 161°20′E / 76.717°S 161.333°E / -76.717; 161.333) is a prominent, orange-colored pillar of sandstone, 2.2 nautical miles (4 km) west of the summit of Flagship Mountain at the west end of the , Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The pillar is flanked to the west by steep blue ice and a huge windscoop from Flight Deck Neve and rises sheer from a large ice-free area to the north. The feature was geologically mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1976–77, led by who named it after The Blorenge, a mountain in Wales, Great Britain.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Blorenge Buttress". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)