Red Spur (Marie-Byrd-Land)
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 57 ′ S , 126 ° 44 ′ W | |
The Red Spur ( English for red spur ) is a 3 km long and narrow mountain ridge in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Horlick Mountains , it extends 1.5 km north of the Tillite Spur from the southern Wisconsin Plateau to the eastern flank of the Olentangy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The naming was made at the suggestion of the US geologist and glaciologist John H. Mercer (1922-1987), who between 1964 and Worked in this area in 1965 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . It is named after the reddish weathered surface on a plateau of the mountain ridge.
Web links
- Red track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Red Spur on geographic.org (English)