The Longhorn Spurs () form a high ridge, long, extending north from the

Prince Olav Mountains The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and ...

of Antarctica between Massam Glacier and Barrett Glacier to the edge of the

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. A series of rock spurs extend from the west side. The ridge was visited and so named by the

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Shackleton Glacier Party (1964–65) because of the resemblance of the spurs to the horns of longhorn cattle.

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