Mount Burton

Mount Burton
Mount Burton
	Mount Burton Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	2,740 m (8,990 ft)
Coordinates	72°33′S 166°44′E
Geography
Location	Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Barker Range in Victory Mountains, Osuga Glacier

Mount Burton is a graywacke peak, 2,740 metres (9,000 ft) high, standing at the west side of the mouth of Osuga Glacier in the Barker Range, Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE), 1962–63, after William Burton, crew member on the Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. Burton, who lived in New Zealand, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962–63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans.

The nearest peaks are Mount McDonald, Mount Hancox, Braddock Peak, Kyle Peak, Mount Jennings, and Mount Roy.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Burton, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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