Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at about 67°55′S 44°38′E / 67.917°S 44.633°E / -67.917; 44.633 to William Scoresby Bay at 67°24′S 59°34′E / 67.4°S 59.567°E / -67.4; 59.567. It was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their captains to combine exploration with sealing.
Claimed as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, geographic features of Enderby Land include Amundsen Bay, Casey Bay, the Scott Mountains, the Tula Mountains, and the Napier Mountains. The highest peaks of the Enderby Land Coast Ranges are Mount McMaster at 2,830 metres (9,280 ft), Mount Elkins at 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), Simpson Peak at 1,720 metres (5,640 ft), and Mount Codrington at 1,520 metres (4,990 ft).
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“When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,” you may indeed set over you a king whom the LORD your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 17:14,15.