Fender Buttress
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| Fender Buttress | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Graham Land | ||
| Summit: | 4,920 feet; 64°35’36"S, 61°3’6"W | ||
Fender Buttress is a rock buttress that rises to about 4,920 feet on the south side of Herbert Plateau, in north-central Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
The buttress was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in the 1956-57 season, and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Hope Bay" in 1961-1962. It is named in association with the names of pioneers of overland mechanical transport grouped in this area: in this case after Guillaume Fender, of Buenos Aires, inventor of an early type of track-laying vehicle.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Fender Buttress