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Mezzo Buttress: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Mezzo Buttress in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Mezzo Buttress

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9917

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 03' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 31' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.05

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Rocky buttress at the head of Barilari Bay just E of Lawrie Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because the face of this buttress is conspicuously divided diagonally, half being composed of black rock and the other half of red rock.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Mezzo Buttress in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mezzo Buttress information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mezzo Buttress should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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