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Mancho Buttress


Mancho Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Манчо, ‘Rid Mancho’ \'rid 'man-cho\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1250 m on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Aitkenhead Glacier to the southwest and south.

The feature is named after Mancho Peak in Rila Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria.

Mancho Buttress is located at 63°54′58″S 58°50′52″W / 63.91611°S 58.84778°W / -63.91611; -58.84778Coordinates: 63°54′58″S 58°50′52″W / 63.91611°S 58.84778°W / -63.91611; -58.84778, which is 4.61 km northwest of Baley Nunatak, 10.53 km south of Golesh Bluff and 8.24 km southwest of Senokos Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996.


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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