Dikstra Buttresses

Dikstra Buttresses

Dikstra Buttresses (69°48′S 69°53′W / 69.8°S 69.883°W / -69.8; -69.883) are summits rising to about 1,500 m on west side of Douglas Range, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975-76. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after Barry James Dikstra, BAS geophysicist, Adelaide and Rothera, 1974-77.

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