Whymper track

Whymper track
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height	1250 m
location	Coatsland , East Antarctica
Mountains	Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	80 ° 24 ′ 29 ″ S , 21 ° 32 ′ 45 ″ W Coordinates: 80 ° 24 ′ 29 ″ S , 21 ° 32 ′ 45 ″ W
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Whymper Spur is a 1250 m high rock spur in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises east of Blanchard Hill in the Pioneers Escarpment of the Shackleton Range .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the British mountaineer Edward Whymper (1840-1911), first to climb the Matterhorn and developer of an expedition tent that was also named after him.

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