Stepaside Spur

Stepaside Spur (78°18′S 161°25′E / 78.300°S 161.417°E / -78.300; 161.417Coordinates: 78°18′S 161°25′E / 78.300°S 161.417°E / -78.300; 161.417) is a prominent spur, 1,750 m high, at the east side of Upper Staircase and the Skelton Glacier, in the Ross Dependency. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

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