Odesos Buttress

Odesos Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Одесос, ‘Rid Odesos’ \'rid o-'de-sos\) is the ice-covered buttress descending from elevation 1800 to 1000 m[1] in the southwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between south-southwest-flowing tributaries to Drygalski Glacier, and has precipitous, partly ice-free west and southeast slopes. The feature is named after the ancient town of Odesos in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Location

Odesos Buttress is located at 64°32′40″S 60°54′40″W, which is 4 km northwest of Konstantin Buttress, 4 km east-northeast of Molerov Spur, and 4.15 km south of The Catwalk. 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.

Notes
  1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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


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