Cruyt Spur () is a rocky spur northeast of

Ruth Ridge Drygalski Glacier () is a broad glacier, long and wide at its head, which flows from Herbert Plateau southeast between Ruth Ridge and Kyustendil Ridge, and enters Solari Bay immediately north of Sentinel Nunatak on Nordenskjöld Coast, the ...

and north-northeast of

Papiya Nunatak Papiya Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Папия, ‘Nunatak Papiya’ \'nu-na-tak pa-'pi-ya\) is the rocky hill rising to 666 m

, extending southeast from the south wall of

Detroit Plateau Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction ...

, on the

Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. It is surmounting

Aleksiev Glacier Aleksiev Glacier ( bg, Алексиев ледник, Aleksiev lednik, ) is the 10.5 km long and 3 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land situated northeast of Kladorub Glacier and south of the glacier featuring Arrol Ic ...

to the northeast and

Kladorub Glacier Kladorub Glacier ( bg, ледник Кладоруб, lednik Kladorub, ) is the 14 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land situated southwest of Aleksiev Glacier and northeast of Vrachesh Glacier. It drains ...

to the southwest. The spur was mapped from surveys by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

(1960–61), and 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 ...

for William Cruyt, a Belgian army engineer who designed the first "auto-polaire" in 1907.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Ridges of Graham Land Nordenskjöld Coast {{NordenskjöldCoast-geo-stub