# Fuchs Ice Piedmont

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**Fuchs Ice Piedmont** ([67°10′S 68°40′W / 67.167°S 68.667°W / -67.167; -68.667](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fuchs_Ice_Piedmont&params=67_10_S_68_40_W_source:GNIS)) is an [ice piedmont](/source/Ice_piedmont) 70 nautical miles (130 km) long, extending in a northeast–southwest direction along the entire west coast of [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island). It was first mapped in 1909 by the [French Antarctic Expedition](/source/French_Antarctic_Expedition%2C_1908%E2%80%9310) under [Jean-Baptiste Charcot](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Charcot). It was named by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS) for [Sir Vivian E. Fuchs](/source/Sir_Vivian_E._Fuchs), FIDS base leader and geologist at [Stonington Island](/source/Stonington_Island) in 1948–49.[1]

Near the southeast end of the piedmont, 3 nmi (5.6 km) west-northwest of the summit of [Mount Ditte](/source/Mount_Ditte), Window Buttress rises to about 800 m (2,600 ft) high. It was named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) in 1982, from the window-like structure near the top of the cliff, which is visible only from the southwest.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis-FIP_1-0)** ["Fuchs Ice Piedmont"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:5365). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2020-05-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis-WB_2-0)** ["Window Buttress"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16702). *Geographic Names Information System*. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-05-11.

v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel

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