Gould Spur
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Gould Spur is a spur, long, that extends from
Navigator Peak Navigator Peak () is a sharp and prominent peak, 1,910 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Zavis Peak in the north part of the White Escarpment, Heritage Range, in Antarctica. It was named by the University of Minnesota Geological Pa ...
to the south side of
Splettstoesser Glacier Splettstoesser Glacier () is a glacier, long, draining from the plateau just south of Founders Escarpment and flowing east-northeast through the Heritage Range to the south of Founders Peaks and Anderson Massif to enter the Minnesota Glacier ...
, in the
Heritage Range The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mo ...
of the
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minneso ...
, Antarctica. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
(2004) after Patricia Gould, a geologist on a U.S. Antarctic Research Program 1979–80 Ellsworth Mountains expedition.


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Ridges of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub