Blake Massif () is a compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to approximately on the south side of

Byrd Glacier The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inl ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. The unit lies between

Lowry Massif Lowry Massif () is a compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to about on the south side of Byrd Glacier, Antarctica. The unit is long and stands 3 nautical miles south-southwest of Mount Tuatara. A section of S ...

to the northeast and

Mandarich Massif The Kent Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau in the northern extreme of the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Name Kent Plateau was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Donald F. Kent, U.S. Navy, logistics office ...

to the southwest. It was named in honor of Sir Peter Blake, who died in December 2001 during an environmental awareness expedition on the

Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile. The headwaters of t ...

. He was an exceptional sailor, and sought to raise worldwide awareness of environmental issues, to help protect life in, on and around the waters of the world. He sailed to the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

aboard the ''Seamaster'' in January 2001.

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