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 Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fulcrum and Dreschhoff Peak.
Fulcrum
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 Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Dreschhoff Peak
Peak
Dreschhoff 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 Victoria Land, for 11 field seasons, 1976–89.
Canoe Nunatak
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 Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Buttress Nunatak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,619 metres
- Description: nunatak in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Categories: nunatak, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.02405° or 78° 1′ 27″ southLongitude
161.21902° or 161° 13′ 9″ eastElevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)Open location code
2VH3X6G9+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 9099468068OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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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