Kendall Basin is an ice-free cirque at the northwest end of the Herbert Mountains

Herbert Mountains

Herbert Mountains is a conspicuous group of rock summits on the east side of Gordon Glacier in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Sir Edwin S. Herbert, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Member of the Committee of Management...

, Shackleton Range

Shackleton Range

The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....

. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

 (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Percy Fry Kendall

Percy Fry Kendall

Percy Fry Kendall FRS , was an English geologist. A student of Thomas Henry Huxley, he was Professor of Geology at the University of Leeds from 1904 to 1922. In 1909 he was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London, mainly for his work on the glacial geology of...

 (1856–1936), English glacial geologist; sometime Professor of Geology, Leeds University.