Whymper Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whymper Spur (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Spur
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c.1250m on central Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), E. Shackleton Range, in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, was named after Edward Whymper (1840-1911), English artist and mountaineer who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, 14 July 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861-62 (APC, 1974, p.7; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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