Costa Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Costa Spur (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Spur (2f)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A prominent spur 4 mi SW of Quetin Head, Daniell Peninsula, Borchgrevink Coast. The spur descends eastward to Ross Sea and marks the southern extent of Mandible Cirque. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Daniel P. Costa, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, who studied seals at McMurdo Sound, South Georgia, and Livingson Island in several field seasons from 1977; chief scientist aboard Nathaniel B. Palmer for two winter cruises associated with the U.S. Southern Ocean GLOBEC projects, 2001 and 2002
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