Fang Buttress

Fang Buttress
Fang Buttress
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Coordinates64°41′S 63°21′W / 64.683°S 63.350°W / -64.683; -63.350
Geography
LocationAnvers Island, Palmer Archipelago
Parent rangeOsterrieth Range
Geology
Mountain typeRock buttress

Fang Buttress (64°41′S 63°21′W / 64.683°S 63.350°W / -64.683; -63.350) is a rock buttress immediately west of Molar Peak near the south end of the Osterrieth Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The buttress has a small but prominent tooth-like rock in front of it and is a landmark for parties crossing William Glacier. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1955–57, and given this descriptive name by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Fang Buttress". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-14.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Fang Buttress". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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