Sørlle Buttress
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| Sørlle Buttress | |||
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Allardyce Range | ||
| South Georgia | |||
| Summit: | 4,495 feet 54°16’55"S, 36°50’5"W | ||
Sørlle Buttress is a mountain rising above 4,495 feet, between Mount Spaaman and Three Brothers in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia.
The mountain was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Petter Sørlle (1884–1922), a Norwegian whaling captain and inventor who, in 1922, took out a patent for his whaling slipway. Sørlle was the first manager of the United Whalers station at Stromness.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Sørlle Buttress