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Wild Spur
Wild Spur
is a
spur
extending from
Pulfrich Peak
to the
west side
of
Arctowski Peninsula
, on the
west coast
of
Graham Land
in
Antarctica
.
Shown on an
Argentine government
chart of 1957. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in
1960
for
Heinrich Wild
,
Swiss
instrument
designer
responsible
for the
autograph
, first used about 1924 for stereosurvey from
ground stations
and later adapted for
air survey
.