Enderby Land

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Location of Enderby Land (red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica Enderby Land in Australian Antarctic Territory.svg
Location of Enderby Land (red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica
Enderby Land, Antarctica. NASA MODIS image, 2011 Enderby Land, Antarctica.jpg
Enderby Land, Antarctica. NASA MODIS image, 2011

Enderby Land is a projecting landmass of Antarctica. Its shore extends from Shinnan Glacier at about 67°55′S44°38′E / 67.917°S 44.633°E / -67.917; 44.633 to William Scoresby Bay at 67°24′S59°34′E / 67.400°S 59.567°E / -67.400; 59.567 , approximately 124 of the earth's longitude. It was first documented in western and eastern literature in February 1831 by John Biscoe aboard the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, the ship's owners who encouraged their captains to combine exploration with sealing. [1]

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Nation state claims

Subject to the constraints of the Antarctic Treaty System, the longest-held nation-state claimant rights in the territory is Australia, being a large part of its claimed Australian Antarctic Territory up to various high latitudes towards the South Pole.

Features

Coastal features include Amundsen Bay, Casey Bay and Cape Monakov. Mountain ranges or sub-ranges being crests above pack ice (escarpments), are the Scott Mountains, the Tula Mountains, and the Napier Mountains. The highest peak is Mount Elkins at 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) Above Ordnance Datum (conventional sea level).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shinnan Glacier</span> Glacier in Antarctica

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Mount Denham is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) northwest of Mount Keyser, in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1957, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.M. Denham, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1961.

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Mount Dungey is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Pythagoras Peak in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for F.G. Dungey, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929–31.

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The McLeod Nunataks are an isolated group of nunataks 35 nautical miles (65 km) southeast of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were photographed in 1956 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft, and were first visited in December 1958 by an ANARE dog-sledge party, with the position fixed by G.A. Knuckey. The group was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for I.R. McLeod, a geologist at Mawson Station in 1958, and a member of the ANARE dog-sledge party.

The Harvey Nunataks are four nunataks standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Ryder, in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and 1957, and were named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after D.J. Harvey, an electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1961.

Mount Mateer is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Mount Degerfeldt, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for N.C. Mateer, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929–31.

Mount Sones is a mountain standing on the north side of Beaver Glacier, two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Reed in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica.

Mount Lunde is a mountain ridge close south of Mount Gleadell, in the western part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was sighted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Amundsen Bay party, under P.W. Crohn in October 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J. Lunde, a senior diesel mechanic at Wilkes Station in 1960.

Mount Letten is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) south of Mount Storer, in the Tula Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.H. Letten, a member of the crew of the RSS Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929–31.

References

  1. "Enderby Land". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2012-03-01.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from "Enderby Land". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.

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