Cockscomb Buttress

Cockscomb Buttress: Cockscomb Buttress (60°37′S 45°42′W / 60.617°S 45.7°W / -60.617; -45.7) is a prominent, isolated rock buttress rising to 465 metres (1,530 ft), standing 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Echo Mountain and overlooking the east side of Norway Bight on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name, which is descriptive, was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of 1950.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cockscomb Buttress" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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