Ritala Spur

Ritala Spur (83°7′S 48°57′W / 83.117°S 48.950°W / -83.117; -48.950Coordinates: 83°7′S 48°57′W / 83.117°S 48.950°W / -83.117; -48.950) is a mostly snow-covered spur extending northeast from the east side of Lexington Table, Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after Keith E. Ritala, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist who conducted gravity research at South Pole Station, winter party 1972.

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