Ryder Buttress
| Ryder Buttress | ||
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| height | 294 m | |
| location | Adelaide Island ( Adelaide and Biscoe Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 33 '8 " S , 68 ° 11' 33" W | |
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Ryder Buttress is a striking, cliff-like and 294 m high mountain on the Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises southwest of Reptile Ridge on the northeast shore of Ryder Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2005 based on the name of the bay of the same name. It is named after Charles Dudley Ryder (1902–1940), second mate on the Penola during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill .
Web links
- Ryder Buttress in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)