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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs taken during the 1958–59 season. The spur is named after the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, which is home of the National [[Antarctic | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs taken during the 1958–59 season. The spur is named after the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, which is home of the National [[Antarctic]] Exhibition's Research and Reference Center. Geologists Jane Newman and Margaret Bradshaw of the Canterbury Museum worked on this ridge during the 1984–85 field season. | ||
==Life Peerage== | ==Life Peerage== | ||