Bolgar Buttress [SEP] continent
Bolgar Buttress
Bolgar Buttress (, ‘Rid Bolgar’ \'rid 'bol-gar\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1500 m on the southeast side of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated between the upper courses of Pyke and Albone Glaciers. It has steep and partly ice free west, south and east slopes.
The feature is named after the medieval city of Bolgar, capital of Volga Bulgaria in 8-15th century AD.
Location.
Bolgar Buttress is located at
names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Bolgar Buttress. Copernix satellite image