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Oread Spur () is a rock spur on the south side of
Tucker Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
, 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of
Crater Cirque Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homer ...
, on which a survey station was placed at a height of 1,185 m by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
(NZGSAE), 1957–58. They named it Oread (mountain nymph), which is derived from Greek mythology.Oread Spur
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Ridges of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub