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Prague Spur () is a rock spur rising to about 500 m between Puccini Spur and the
Finlandia Foothills The Finlandia Foothills () are a rock massif, long and wide, rising to about at the west side of Sibelius Glacier, situated in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The massif lies immediately south of the Geode Nunataks, north of the Handel ...
, at the east end of the
Mozart Ice Piedmont Mozart Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont, 60 nautical miles (110 km) long-running in a NW-SE direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide in its widest part, on the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Mapped from air photos taken ...
, situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island,
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 ...
. Photographed from the air by
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
(RARE), 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by
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of
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 ...
(FIDS), 1960. Named by
United Kingdom 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 ...
(UK-APC) in 1977 in association with the Mozart Ice Piedmont and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 38, the "Prague", composed in late 1786.


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Mahler Spur Mahler Spur () is a rock spur, long, extending west into the Mozart Ice Piedmont east of the south end of the Debussy Heights, in the northern part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the Britis ...
* Pearson Spur * Senouque Spurs Ridges of Alexander Island {{AlexanderIsland-geo-stub