Whymper Spur

Whymper Spur is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of in , . 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 , , July 14, 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861–62.
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  • Slope
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,250 metres (4,101 feet)
  • Description: Antarctic rock spur named for Edward Whymper

Whymper Spur

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Latitude
-80.4081° or 80° 24′ 29″ south
Longitude
-21.54594° or 21° 32′ 45″ west
Open location code
29FWHFR3+QJ
Geo­Names ID
6628066
Wiki­data ID
Q7997933

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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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