Ilchev Buttress

Ilchev Buttress (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ilchev Buttress  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19711
Name ID: 138091

Feature type: Buttress (2d)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The rocky, partly ice-covered buttress extending 5 km in N-S direction, 2.2 km wide and 1000 m high, forming the NE extremity of Chiren Heights on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast in Graham Land. Situated 7.8 km E of Mount Zdarsky, 8.5 km SE of Mount Paulcke, 4.1 km W of Prestoy Point and 10.2 km NW of Mount Genecand. Steep and partly ice-free W, N and E slopes. Surmounts Sohm Glacier to the W, Bilgeri Glacier to the NW, Barilari Bay to the NE and Weir Glacier to the SE. British mapping in 1976. Named after Ivan Ilchev, for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 02' 00.0" S
-66.03333°
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Longitude:
64° 44' 07.0" W
-64.73528°
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Altitude:
1000 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Oct-2015

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