Miller Spur (Graham Land)

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Miller Spur (Bulgarian: рид Милер, ‘Rid Miller’ \'rid 'mi-ler\ is the narrow rocky ridge of elevation 1600 m 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; -60.67028Coordinates: 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.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Miller Spur. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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