The Kirkwood Range () is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between

Fry Glacier Fry Glacier () is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1 ...

and

Mawson Glacier Mawson Glacier () is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld Ic ...

. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the

Oates Piedmont Glacier Oates Piedmont Glacier () is an extensive lowland piedmont ice sheet east of the Kirkwood Range, occupying the whole of the coastal platform between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 and named by the New Zealand Norther ...

. It was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) for Captain

Henry Kirkwood Henry Raphael Kirkwood (12 October 1886 – 14 April 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Kirkwood spent 36 years in the Royal Army Educational Corps, serving in both world wars. He also played first-class cr ...

, Royal Navy, captain of the supply ship ''

Endeavour Endeavour or endeavor may refer to: People Fictional characters * Endeavour Morse, central character of the ''Inspector Morse'' novels by Colin Dexter * Endeavor, the hero name for the character Enji Todoroki from the anime series ''My Hero A ...

'' during this period.

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Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub

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