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[[File:Canterbury-Spur from Mount Glossopteris.jpg|350px|thumb|Top of Mount Glossopteris looking North along escarpment toward Canterbury Spur.]] | [[File:Canterbury-Spur from Mount Glossopteris.jpg|350px|thumb|Top of Mount Glossopteris looking North along escarpment toward Canterbury Spur.]] | ||
'''Canterbury Spur''' (84°43′S 113°45′W) is a flat-topped ridge leading north from the north face of [[Mount Glossopteris]], 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) east of Discovery Ridge in the [[Ohio Range]]. | '''Canterbury Spur''' (84°43′S 113°45′W) is a flat-topped ridge leading north from the north face of [[Mount Glossopteris]], 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) east of [[Discovery Ridge]] in the [[Ohio Range]]. | ||
==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== | ||