Whymper Spur
Whymper Spur is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after English mountaineer and artist Edward Whymper, who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, July 14, 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861–62.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Whymper Spur
- Type: Slope
- Description: Antarctic rock spur named for Edward Whymper
- Categories: ridge and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Whymper Spur” goes by many names.
- German: “Whymper Spur”
- Italian: “Whymper Spur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whymper Spur”
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