Houk Spur [SEP] continent
Houk Spur
Houk Spur () is a bare rock spur extending from the southwest side of Mackin Table, north of Mount Dumais, in the southern Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Vernon N. Houk, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of South Pole Station in the winter of 1958.
Pole Station, winter 1967.
- Shurley Ridge () is a partly snow-covered ridge projecting from the southwest side of Mackin Table, southeast of Snake Ridge. Named by US.ACAN for Jay T. Shurley, biologist at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, summer 1966-67.
- Mount Tolchin () , stands southwest of Houk Spur at the southwest extremity of Mackin Table in the southern end of the range. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Sidney Tolchin (MC) U.S. Navy, officer in