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Razhana Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Ръжана, ‘Rid Razhana’ \'rid r&-'zha-na\ is the ice-covered buttress rising to 2000 m[1] on the west side of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated between tributaries to Lilienthal, Mouillard and Sikorsky Glaciers, and has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes.

The buttress is named after the settlement of Razhana in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Razhana Buttress is located at 64°16′06″S 60°40′34″W, which is 12 km north-northeast of Baldwin Peak, 16.9 km east-southeast of Renzo Point, 6.52 km southwest of Perkos Dome, and 27.88 km northwest of Gusla Peak on Nordenskjöld Coast. 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

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

External links

• Razhana 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 Razhana Buttress (englisch; bulgarisch Рид Ръжана .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 Raschana) ist ein 1850 m hoher, vereister und gebirgskammähnlicher Berg auf der Westseite des Detroit-Plateaus an der Danco-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er ragt 12 km nordnordöstlich des Baldwin Peak, 16,9 km ostsüdöstlich des Renzo Point, 6,52 km südwestlich des Perkos Dome und 27,88 km nordwestlich des Gusla Peak zwischen Nebengletschern des Lilienthal-, des Mouillard- und des Sikorsky-Gletschers auf. Seine steilen Südwesthänge sind teilweise unvereist.

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