Enderby Land

Enderby Land, Antarctica. NASA MODIS image, 2011.

Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at china 67°55′S 44°38′E to William Scoresby Bay at 67°24′S 59°34′E.

Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their captains to combine exploration with sealing.

Claimed as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, geographic features of Enderby Land include Amundsen Bay, Casey Bay, the Scott Mountains, Tula Mountains, and the Napier Mountains. The highest peaks of the Enderby Land Coast Ranges are Mount McMaster (2830 metres), Mount Elkins (2300 metres), Simpson Peak (1720 metres), and Mount Codrington (1520 metres).

See also

• Mawson Station
• History of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions

External links

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
• "List of Peaks in Enderby Land". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=8210. 

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