Bolgar buttress

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Bolgar buttress
height 1500  m
location Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains Detroit plateau
Coordinates 64 ° 12 '45 "  S , 59 ° 41' 20"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 12 '45 "  S , 59 ° 41' 20"  W.
Bolgar Buttress (Antarctic Peninsula)
Bolgar buttress

Bolgar Buttress (English, Bulgarian рид Болгар rid Bolgar ) is a 1,500  m high, icy mountains and comb-like mountain at the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the southeast side of the Detroit Plateau, it rises 4.1 km southwest of Zasele Peak , 12.15 km north to west of Dolen Peak , 5.15 km northeast of Kopriva Peak and 27.95 km south-southeast of Volov Peak between the upper sections the Pyke and Albone glaciers . Its west, south and east slopes are steep and partly not icy.

The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the city ​​of Bolgar , which is now part of Russia and the capital of the Volga Bulgarians between the 8th and 15th centuries .

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