Spur (topography)

A spur in the Tatra Mountains

A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge.[1][2] It can also be defined as another hill or mountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a main hill or mountain range.[3]

Examples of spurs include:

* Abbott Spur, which separates the lower ends of Rutgers Glacier and Allison Glacier on the west side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
* Boott Spur, a subpeak of Mount Washington
* Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California 's Sierra Nevada[4]
* Kelley Spur, four kilometres (two nautical miles) east of Spear Spur on the south side of Dufek Massif in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica
* Geneva Spur on Mount Everest
* Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland[5]

## See also

* Draw or re-entrant, the low ground between two spurs
* Spur castle

## References

1. ↑ Valley, Ridge, Gully Terrain Features and Contour Lines at geokov.com. Accessed on 28 Feb 2013.
2. ↑ Valleys, Ridges and Spurs at www.askaboutireland.ie. Accessed on 28 Feb 2013.
3. ↑ "Spur". https://www.yourdictionary.com/spur.
4. ↑ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. Sierra Club Books. p. 269. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. https://archive.org/details/climbersguidetot00rope/page/269.
5. ↑ Golden Light in the Sperrins, Spurs and Geography at panoramicireland.com. Accessed on 31 Jan 2020.

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