Buchia Buttress
Buchia Buttress is a rock buttress at the southwest end of Mount Bouvier on eastern Adelaide Island. This geological locality was investigated by the British Antarctic Survey, 1980–81, and found to contain marine fossils, including a bivalve species of the genus Buchia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Buchia Buttress
- Type: Slope
- Categories: rock formation and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Buchia Buttress” goes by many names.
- German: “Buchia Buttress”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buchia Buttress”
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