Waldron Spurs
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 35 ′ S , 175 ° 40 ′ W | |
The Waldron Spurs are a group of rock spurs found on the Dufek coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They are located in the lower foothills of the Queen Maud Mountains on the east side of the mouth of the Shackleton Glacier in the Ross Ice Shelf .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered this formation. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after Lieutenant Commander James Edgar Waldron Jr. (* 1925) of the United States Navy Reserve Forces , pilot of the VX-6 squadron between 1957 and 1958.
Web links
- Waldron Spurs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Waldron Spurs on geographic.org (English)