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Mechit Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Мечит, ‘Rid Mechit’ \'rid me-'chit\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1891 m[1] between Moser Glacier, Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is linked by a saddle to Forbidden Plateau to the southeast.

The feature is named after Mechit Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Mechit Buttress is located at 64°48′34″S 62°15′52″W, which is 4.65 km southeast of The Downfall, and 2.9 km south of Bacho Kiro Peak. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

• Mechit Buttress. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Mechit Buttress. Copernix satellite image

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

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