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Ritala Spur

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Ritala Spur (83°7′S 48°57′W) 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 D. Ritala, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist who conducted gravity research at South Pole Station, winter party 1972.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ritala Spur" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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