Kardam Buttress
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Kardam Buttress (Kardamov Rid \kar-'da-mov 'rid\) is a sloping buttress projecting 1 km northwards from St. Ivan Rilski Col into Huron Glacier, Livingston Island, and has precipitous and partly ice-free W slopes. It is named after the Bulgarian ruler Khan Kardam, 777-802 AD.
[edit] Location
The buttress is located at which is 1.3 km E of Komini Peak, 1 km W of Plana Peak, and 700 m S of Nestinari Nunataks (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
