Earth:Burney Peak

Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Burney Peak () is a peak rising west of Duthoit Point in the eastern part of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Captain Burney, Master of the British sealing vessel Nelson, probably from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–23.

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Burney Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).