A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge.Valley, Ridge, Gully Terrain Features and Contour Lines at geokov.com. Accessed on 28 Feb 2013.Valleys, Ridges and Spurs at www.askaboutireland.ie. Accessed on 28 Feb 2013. It can also be defined as another hill or mountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a main hill or mountain range.
Examples of spurs include: Abbott Spur, which separates the lower ends of Rutgers Glacier and Allison Glacier on the west side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica Boott Spur, a subpeak of Mount Washington Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada Kelley Spur, east of Spear Spur on the south side of Dufek Massif in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica Geneva Spur on Mount Everest Sperrin Mountains in Northern IrelandGolden Light in the Sperrins, Spurs and Geography at panoramicireland.com. Accessed on 31 Jan 2020.
See also Draw or re-entrant, the low ground between two spurs Spur castle
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