Asterozoan Buttress
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 2 ′ S , 58 ° 21 ′ W | |
Asterozoan Buttress is a 650 m high and steeply sloping massif on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It forms the southeastern extension of the Patalamon Mesa and rises west of the Hidden Lake .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2006 after the find at the foot of the massif of fossils from the superclass of the asterozoa , which belong to the echinoderms .
Web links
- Asterozoan Buttress in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)