Endeavour Piedmont Glacier is a piedmont glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

, 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, between the southwest part of Mount Bird

Mount Bird

Mount Bird is a stratovolcano, high, standing about south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird. Shell Glacier and Endeavour Piedmont Glacier...

 and Micou Point

Micou Point

Micou Point is a point 7 nautical miles northeast of Cape Royds on the west side of Ross Island. The point constitutes the north end of Maumee Bight in Wohlschlag Bay. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1993 for air crewman U.S. Navy Benjamin Micou, who lost his life in a...

, Ross Island

Ross Island

Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...

. In association with the names of expedition ships grouped on this island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

, named after HMNZS Endeavour

USS Namakagon (AOG-53)

USS Namakagon was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. In some sources, the ship's name is also spelled Namakogon. After her decommissioning from the U.S...

, tanker/supply ship which for at least 10 seasons, 1962-63 to 1971-72, transported bulk petroleum products and cargo to Scott Base

Scott Base

Scott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...

 and McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...

on Ross Island.