Ferrell Buttress () is a distinctive rock buttress, about high, near the east end of
Cranfield Icefalls
The Cranfield Icefalls are a series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east–west line, falling steeply from Bucknell Ridge into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. The feature was named by the Darwin Glacier Party of ...
, on the south side and near the terminus of
Darwin Glacier in Antarctica. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
after Lieutenant Commander
W.F. Ferrell,
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
, a pilot with the
VXE-6
Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forwa ...
detachment at Darwin Glacier Field Camp in the 1978–79 field season.
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References
Rock formations of Oates Land
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