Exhibition buttress
| Exhibition buttress | ||
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| location | Adelaide Island ( Adelaide and Biscoe Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| part of | Reptile Ridge | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 34 ′ S , 68 ° 9 ′ W | |
Exhibition Buttress is a cliff on the West Antarctic Adelaide Island . It rises as the southeastern branch of the Reptile Ridge above the Rothera station .
Aerial photographs were taken between 1956 and 1957 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2004. The further naming background is not known.
Web links
- Exhibition Buttress in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)