Henriksen Buttress
| Henriksen Buttress | ||
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| height | 1970 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ S , 36 ° 32 ′ 58 ″ W | |
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The Henriksen Buttress is a 1970 m high, striking and cliff-like mountain on South Georgia . In the center of the Allardyce Range, it rises 3 km southeast of Mount Sugartop .
The South Georgia Survey mapped it as part of its surveying campaign, which lasted from 1951 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Norwegian Henrik Nicolai Henriksen (1886-1921), who was involved in the establishment of the whaling station in Leith Harbor in 1909 and managed it from 1909 to 1920.
Web links
- Henriksen Buttress in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Henriksen Buttress on geographic.org (English)