Flett Buttress
| Flett Buttress | ||
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| height | 905 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 ′ 29 " S , 57 ° 49 ′ 30" W | |
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Flett Buttress is a 905 m high ledge on James Ross Island east of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises northwest of Mount Haddington and is the highest point of volcanic origin on the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1987 after William Robert Flett (1900-1979), geologist of Operation Tabarin on Deception Island (1943-1944 as head of the station there) and in Hope Bay (1944-1945).
Web links
- Flett Buttress in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Flett Buttress on geographic.org (English)