Johnson Spur
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Johnson Spur is a rocky spur located 5.67 miles (9.45 km) south-southeast of Taylor Spur
Taylor Spur
Taylor Spur is a wedge-shaped spur marking the north side of the terminus of Guerrero Glacier, on the east side of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...

 and 8.65 miles (13.9 km) north-northwest of Long Peak
Long Peak
Long Peak is a bare rock peak on the extended ridge line, 7 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Landolt in Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting the lower course of Drama Glacier to the north. Mapped by United States Geological Survey ...

, forming the southeast extremity of Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights are the heights rising to 3560 m in the east foothills of Vinson Massif and Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, extending 30.8 km in north-south direction and 16.5 km in east-west direction...

, Sentinel Range
Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

 in Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, Antarctica. Overlooking Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf...

 to the east and Obelya Glacier
Obelya Glacier
Obelya Glacier is the 7.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Remington Glacier, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur and east of Mount Benson to join Thomas Glacier.The...

 to the west. First mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for William F. Johnson
William F. Johnson
William Frederick Johnson was a Massachusetts politician who served as the seventh Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.-Notes:...

, meteorologist at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
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