Cinder Spur () is a small
spur extending into
Legru Bay Legru Bay () is a bay wide, indenting the south coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, immediately northeast of Martins Head. The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étie ...
, west of
Low Head
Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of George Town Council, George Town in the Launceston LGA Region, Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of George Town, Tasmania, G ...
on the south coast of
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. It was so named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1963 because the feature is composed mainly of volcanic
cinders.
[
Cinder Spur was later proven to be a ]cirque
A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...
after snow retreat and is a dyke.[
Extending north of the Spur is ]Mistake Crag
Mistake Crag () is a slightly bowed crag in Antarctica, extending north from Cinder Spur and rising to about above the presently unnamed glacier on its west side. The name is derived from the mistaken belief that Cinder Spur was mainly composed of ...
.
References
Ridges of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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