3.7.5 Spur (Utstikker)
3.7.5.1 A spur is a positive geomorphological and/or structural form element projecting from a high. Spurs are wedge-shaped in planar or map sections, or are shaped like a spur (Figs. 9, 10).
3.7.5.2 Every spur is a high and a platform.
3.7.5.3 A spur may be regional in size, but is always smaller than the form element to which it is attached.
3.7.5.4 Spurs are mappable with the help of geomorphological, geological and/or geophysical methods.
3.7.5.5 Spurs may often be divided into smaller geomorphological and/or structural features.
3.7.5.6 A spur can be named formally or informally in accordance with the "general rules for naming and defining geological units" (Chap. 2) and the rules for naming geological form units (Section 3.7.1). In the compound name, the proper name (Section 2.2.2) is placed between the words "the ... Spur" (formal).
3.7.5.7 Spurs include such geomorphological form elements as a point or promontory (nes), nose (nese), spit (tange, odde), hook (krumodde) and sandbar or longshore bar (revle) (Klemsdal 1979).
3.7.5.8 Example: The Tampen Spur (Tampenutstikkeren) (Rønnevik et al. 1975a).
3.7.5.9 Key reference: Bates & Jackson (1980).
