Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureRangeNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA massive coastal range extending north-south between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers. Named peaks on the range are Shoulder Mountain, Mt Creak, Mt Endeavour, Mt Chetwynd and Mt Gauss. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier. Named by the Northern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, after Captain H H Kirkwood, captain of the supply ship "Endeavour" during its first two season in the Ross Dependency area.
