Bolgar Buttress

Bolgar Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Болгар, ‘Rid Bolgar’ \'rid 'bol-gar\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1688 m^[1] on the southeast side of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated between the upper courses of Pyke and Albone Glaciers. It has steep and partly ice free west, south and east slopes.

The feature is named after the medieval city of Bolgar, capital of Volga Bulgaria in 8-15th century AD.

Location[]

Bolgar Buttress is located at

64°11′40.5″S 59°41′58.3″W / 64.194583°S 59.699528°W / -64.194583; -59.699528Coordinates: 64°11′40.5″S 59°41′58.3″W / 64.194583°S 59.699528°W / -64.194583; -59.699528, which is 3.77 km west of Zasele Peak, 14.4 km north by west of Dolen Peak, 6.4 km northeast of Kopriva Peak and 26.7 km south-southeast of Volov Peak on Davis Coast.

Map[]

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

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Bolgar Buttress. Copernix satellite image

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