Buttress Nunatak

The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of in the , , Antarctica.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fulcrum and Dreschhoff Peak.

Peak
The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of in the , , Antarctica.

Peak
in Antarctica is named after Gisela A.M. Dreschhoff, a physicist at the Space Technology Center, University of Kansas, who conducted radioactivity surveys and other field work in various parts of Antarctica, including , for 11 field seasons, 1976–89.

Peak
The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of in the , , Antarctica.

Buttress Nunatak

Latitude
-78.02405° or 78° 1′ 27″ south
Longitude
161.21902° or 161° 13′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)
Open location code
2VH3X6G9+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9099468068
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6630633
Wiki­data ID
Q5003125
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Buttress Nunatak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Buttress Nunatak
  • Chinese: 巴斯雷斯冰原島峰
  • German: Buttress-Nunatak
  • Ladin: Buttress Nunatak
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buttress Nunatak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Buttress Nunatak
  • Swedish: Buttress Nunatak

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