Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Miller Spur (Bulgarian: рид Милер, ‘Rid Miller’ \'rid 'mi-ler\ is the narrow rocky ridge of elevation decreasing from 1700 to 900 m,[1] projecting from Detroit Plateau 2.9 km west-northwestwards into upper Cayley Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The ridge is named after the German geologist Hubert Miller, researcher at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2001/02 season, for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

Location

Miller Spur is located at 64°29′02″S 60°40′13″W / 64.48389°S 60.67028°W / -64.48389; -60.67028, which is 15.85 km east of Obretenik Bastion, 7.13 km south-southeast of Mount Berry, 2.4 km southwest of the parallel Davidov Spur, and 12 km north of Glazne Buttress on Nordenskjöld Coast. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

  1. ↑ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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