Feature Name (see definition): Prescott Spur

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 19151

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 05' 30" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 16' 30" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.0916667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.275

Elevation (see definition): 1250

Decision Year (see definition): 01/15/2008

Description (see definition): A rock spur running N-S and rising to 1250 meters between Robson Glacier and Pyne Glacier in Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after BU2 Richard J. Prescott, U.S. Navy (USN) (Seabees), who at the time was a member of the construction crew which built the original McMurdo Station, the original Beardmore Refueling Station and the original South Pole Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY period. He was also a sled dog handler at McMurdo and South Pole Stations

Date Created (see definition): 01/21/2008

Date Edited (see definition): No data