McSaveney Spur () is a prominent rock spur northeast of
Mount Bastion
Willett Range () is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nautical miles (37 km) as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glac ...
in the
Willett Range
Willett Range () is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nautical miles (37 km) as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several gla ...
of
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
, Antarctica. The spur descends northeast from the plateau level toward the northwest flank of
Webb Glacier. 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 ...
for husband and wife geologists
Maurice J. McSaveney and
Eileen R. McSaveney, who made investigations of
Meserve Glacier
The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...
and the
Wright Valley area, he in 1968–69, 1971–72 and 1973–74; she in 1969–70 and 1971–72.
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References
Ridges of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
Willett Range
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