Mezzo Buttress () is a rocky buttress at the head of
Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay () is a bay long and wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. The glaciers Birley, Lawrie, Weir and Bilgeri feed the bay.
It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and na ...
just east of
Lawrie Glacier, on the west coast of
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
, Antarctica. It was charted by the
British Graham Land Expedition under
John Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.
Early life
Rymill was born at Penola, South Australia, the second son of Robert Rymill (7 J ...
, 1934–37, and was so named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
in 1959 because the face of this buttress is conspicuously divided diagonally, half being composed of black rock and the other half of red rock, "
mezzo" being an
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
word meaning "half".
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References
Rock formations of Graham Land
Graham Coast
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