Aspur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from ahill,mountain or main crest of aridge.^[1][2] It can also be defined as another hill ormountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a main hill or mountain range.^[3]

Examples of spurs include:

• Abbott Spur, which separates the lower ends ofRutgers Glacier andAllison Glacier on the west side of theRoyal Society Range inVictoria Land,Antarctica
• Boott Spur, a subpeak ofMount Washington
• Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of theGreat Western Divide, a sub-range ofCalifornia'sSierra Nevada^[4]
• Kelley Spur, four kilometres (two nautical miles) east ofSpear Spur on the south side ofDufek Massif in thePensacola Mountains, Antarctica
• Geneva Spur onMount Everest
• Sperrin Mountains inNorthern Ireland^[5]

• Draw orre-entrant, the low ground between two spurs
• Spur castle

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