Shapkarev Buttress

Shapkarev Buttress (Bulgarian: Шапкарев рид, ‘Shapkarev Rid’ \shap-'ka-rev 'rid\) is the rounded, mostly ice-covered buttress extending 13 km in east-west direction and 16 km in north-south direction, rising to 1625 m[1] on the west side of Hemimont Plateau on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The buttress is named after the Bulgarian folklorist and ethnographer Kuzman Shapkarev (1834–1909).

Shapkarev Buttress is located at 67°40′40″S 66°27′30″W / 67.67778°S 66.45833°W / -67.67778; -66.45833, which is 12.7 km south of Hayduta Buttress, 18.2 km north-northeast of Bunovo Peak and 11.4 km east-northeast of Glavinitsa Peak.

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

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