Taylor Spur (Alaska)
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Taylor Spur () is a wedge-shaped spur in Doyran Heights on the east side of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains marking the north side of the terminus of
Guerrero Glacier Guerrero Glacier () is a glacier about long in Doyran Heights, draining from the southeast slopes of Mount Havener southwest of Beloslav Peak to the south side of Taylor Spur, in the southeast part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountain ...
and the west side of the entrance to
Sikera Valley Sikera Valley ( bg, долина Сикера, ‘Dolina Sikera’ \do-li-'na si-'ke-ra\) is an ice-filled valley spanning 17 km long and 5.7 km wide. The valley is located between Doyran Heights and Flowers Hills on the east side of ...
. It is located 13.07 km west-northwest of
Batil Spur Batil Spur ( bg, text=Батилов рид, italic=no, ‘Batilov Rid’ \ba-'ti-lov 'rid\) is the rocky ridge extending 3.9 km and 1.3 km wide, forming the southeast extremity of Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in E ...
, the south extremity of
Flowers Hills The Flowers Hills () are a triangular shaped group of hills, long and wide, with peaks of ( Gubesh Peak) and ( Dickey Peak), extending along the eastern edge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The hills are bounded by Ha ...
. The feature was first mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59. Named by
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 ...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant
Howard C. Taylor III Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probab ...
, U.S. Navy, medical officer at the South Pole Station in 1957.


Maps


Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated. Ridges of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub