Burdick Peak

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Burdick Peak is the summit of Burdick Ridge rising to 773 m southwest of Mount Bowles on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 for Christopher Burdick, Master of the American schooner Huntress of Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.

Maps

Burdick Ridge from Krumov Kamak.

References

Coordinates: 62°38′6.6″S 60°15′19″W / 62.635167°S 60.25528°W / -62.635167; -60.25528


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