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'''Enderby Land''' is a projecting land mass of [[Antarctica]]. Its shore extends from Shinnan Glacier at about 67°55′S 44°38′E to William Scoresby Bay at 67°24′S 59°34′E, approximately 1⁄24 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.

==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 McMaster at 2,830 metres (9,280 ft) Above Ordnance Datum (conventional sea level).

==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]].

[[Category:Geography of Antarctica]]

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