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Odesos Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Одесос, ‘Rid Odesos’ \'rid o-'de-sos\) is the ice-covered buttress descending from elevation 1800 to 1000 m[1] in the southwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between south-southwest-flowing tributaries to Drygalski Glacier, and has precipitous, partly ice-free west and southeast slopes. The feature is named after the ancient town of Odesos in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Odesos Buttress is located at 64°32′40″S 60°54′40″W, which is 4 km northwest of Konstantin Buttress, 4 km east-northeast of Molerov Spur, and 4.15 km south of The Catwalk. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
• 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

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

External links

• Odesos 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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Der Odesos Buttress (englisch; bulgarisch рид Одесос .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}rid Odessos) ist ein 1600 m hoher, vereister und gebirgskammähnlicher Berg in den südwestlichen Ausläufern des Detroit-Plateaus an der Nordenskjöld-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er ragt 4 km nordwestlich des Konstantin Buttress, 4 km ostnordöstlich des Molerov Spur und 4,15 km südlich des Gebirgspasses The Catwalk zwischen nach Südsüdwesten fließenden Nebengletschern des Drygalski-Gletschers auf. Seine markanten West- und Südosthänge sind teilweise unvereist.

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