⛰️ Buchia Buttress

Antarctica · Antarctica · 67.28°S, 68.22°W

Buchia Buttress is a rock buttress at the southwest end of Mount Bouvier on eastern Adelaide Island. This geological locality was investigated by the British Antarctic Survey, 1980–81, and found to contain marine fossils, including a bivalve species of the genus Buchia. The buttress was so was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982.

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Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	67.28°S, 68.22°W · view on map

Buchia Buttress is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More rock formations in Antarctica

Abolin Rock · Arsen'yev Rocks · Austranten Rock · Bauer Buttress · Bleikskoltane Rocks · Bleset Rock · Blorenge Buttress · Bollene Rocks · Brødrene Rocks · Brown Buttress.

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