- Endeavour Massif
Endeavour Massif (coord|76|33|S|162|2|E|) is a huge, flat-topped
massif on theScott Coast ofVictoria Land . The massif extends south fromPa Tio Tio Gap toFry Glacier and forms the south block of theKirkwood Range (Robertson Massif forms the north block).Shoulder Mountain ,Mount Belgrave andMount Creak rise from the south part of the massif. Steep coastalcliff s and projecting ridges mark the east margin, but there is a gentle slope west from the massif's broad,plateau like snow summit. This feature was originally namedMount Endeavour by theNew Zealand Northern Survey Party ofCommonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in October 1957, but on subsequentNew Zealand and U.S. maps the name is identified as an 1800 m summit 3.5 miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Creak. Following additional mapping byUnited States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1999 and consultation betweenAdvisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) andNew Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB), the name of the south block of Kirkwood Range was amended to Endeavour Massif to provide terminology better suited to the complex nature of the feature. For the sake of historical continuity the name Mount Endeavour has been retained for the summit northwest of Mount Creak. Both features are named after HMNZS "Endeavour" (formerly "John Biscoe"),supply ship to the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party.
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