Cape York is a location on Mars, on the western rim of

Endeavour crater Endeavour is an impact crater located in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. Endeavour is about in diameter. Using ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' data, phy ...

. The ''Opportunity'' rover spent about two years exploring this portion of the rim in the early 2010s before moving south. The CRISM instrument on the ''

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth. It was launched on August 12, 2005, an ...

'' identified clay smectites in an area of Cape York, and the rover was sent to explore this location. MER-B ''Opportunity'' spend its fifth Martian Winter at Greeley Haven at Cape York, and also took a panorama at that location. MER-B spent 19 weeks stationed at Greeley Haven surviving the winter and went on the move again in May 2012, to further explore Cape York. MER-B arrived at Cape York in 2011 at Odyssey crater, which is on the southern end of the feature. ''Opportunity'' arrived at

on sol (August 9, 2011), at a landmark called ''Spirit Point'' named after its rover twin, after traversing from

Victoria crater Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This crater was first visited by the Mars ...

, over a three-year period. Spirit point was the name selected for where MER-B arrived at Endeavour's Cape York, a journey which it set out on in 2008 and it arrived there in the summer of 2011. Locations and science targets at Cape York include: (Alphabetically ordered:) *Chester Lake *Esperance *Grasberg *Greeley Haven *Homestake rock *

Matijevic Hill Matijevic Hill, named after American NASA engineer Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is a hill located on " Cape York", itself on the western rim of Endeavour Crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the plan ...

*Monte Cristo *Odyssey crater *Spirit Point *Tisdale 2 *Whitewater Lake outcrops *Whim Creek South of Cape York is an area called Botany Bay. Features south of Cape York include Sutherland Point, Nobby's Head, and even father south Solander Point