Valter Butte () is an ice-free butte on the east side of
Schytt Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) west-northwest of
Mount Schumacher in
Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–52) and named for
Stig Valter Schytt
Stig Valter Schytt (17 October 1919 – 30 March 1985) was a Swedish glaciologist.
Biography
Schytt was born at Solna in Stockholm, Sweden.
He studied physics and mathematics at Stockholm University and was awarded Master of Philosophy in 1946 ...
, second in command and glaciologist with the expedition.
Buttes of Antarctica
Landforms of Queen Maud Land
Princess Martha Coast
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