Longhorn Spurs
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 36 ′ S , 174 ° 45 ′ W | |
 1965 map of the Dufek coast ; Longhorn Spurs southwest of the center of the map |
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The Longhorn Spurs are a 19 km long mountain ridge on the Dufek coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It extends north from the Prince Olav Mountains between the Massam and Barrett glaciers to the southern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf . There are a number of rock spurs on the west side of the formation .
Participants in the Texas Tech University expedition to Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) explored this ridge and named it because the shape of the rock spurs is reminiscent of the horns of cattle of the Texas Longhorn breed .
Web links
- Longhorn Spurs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Longhorn Spurs on geographic.org (English)