Mount Endeavour () is an

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north of the base of

Ketchum Ridge Ketchum Ridge () is the largest ridge that extends east from the southern part of Endeavour Massif, Kirkwood Range, Antarctica. It was named after Captain Gerald L. Ketchum, United States Navy. Ketchum was Deputy Commander of Task Force 43 during Op ...

in the southern part of Endeavour Massif,

Kirkwood Range The Kirkwood Range () is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between Fry Glacier and Mawson Glacier. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier. It was n ...

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

. The name "Mount Endeavour" was given to the south block of the Kirkwood Range by the

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Northern Survey Party of the

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in October 1957, but in subsequent New Zealand and U.S. maps the name is identified as the summit described above. Following additional mapping by the

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in 1999 and consultation between the

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and the New Zealand Geographic Board, the name "Endeavour Massif" was approved for the south block of the Kirkwood Range. For the sake of historical continuity the name "Mount Endeavour" has been retained for the summit near Ketchum Ridge. The summit and the massif are named after HMNZS ''Endeavour'' (formerly ''John Biscoe''), a supply ship to the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party.

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Mountains of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub