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Travnik Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Травник, ‘Rid Travnik’ \'rid 'trav-nik\) is the broad ice-covered buttress rising to 1609 m[1] in the southeast foothills of Forbidden Plateau, and linked to the east to Rugate Ridge on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is situated between the upper courses of Green Glacier and Evans Glacier, and has precipitous, and partly ice-free northwest, northeast and southeast slopes. The feature is named after the settlement of Travnik in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Travnik Buttress is located at 65°02′11″S 62°08′19″W, which is 4.5 km west-northwest of Mount Bistre, 16.95 km west-southwest of Pirne Peak, and 7.85 km northwest of Vishna Pass. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• 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

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

External links

• Travnik 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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Travnik Buttress (englisch; bulgarisch рид Травник .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 Trawnik) ist ein wuchtiges und bis zu 1600 m hohes Massiv in den südöstlichen Ausläufern des Forbidden Plateau an der Oskar-II.-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Es ragt 4,5 km westnordwestlich des Mount Bistre, 16,95 km westnordwestlich des Pirne Peak und 7,85 km nordwestlich des Wischna-Passes auf zwischen den oberen Abschnitten des Green- und dem Evans-Gletscher auf. Markant sind seine teilweise unvereisten Nordwest-, Nordost- und Südosthänge.

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