Palindrome Buttress [SEP] continent
Palindrome Buttress
Palindrome Buttress () is a conspicuous rock buttress, rising to about 905 m, marking the southern extremity of the north group of the Walton Mountains, in central Alexander Island, Antarctica. The buttress was first sighted from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. Remapped in greater detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS)
Caninus Nunatak
Caninus Nunatak () is a nunatak, about high, located east of Palindrome Buttress and the northern part of the Walton Mountains, Alexander Island. In the 1974–75 field season, the British Antarctic Survey reduced its number of dog teams. The name derives from the burial of nine dogs near the nunatak, "caninus" being a Latin word (from "canis") meaning relating to dogs. Caninus Nunatak seems to have some relation with nearby nunataks named after certain sled dog teams, some of these include