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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.

Mount Burton
Mount Burton
Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation2,740 m (8,990 ft)
Coordinates72°33′S 166°44′E
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeBarker Range in Victory Mountains, Osuga Glacier

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


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Mount Burton ist ein 2740 m hoher Berg aus Grauwacke in der Barker Range der Victory Mountains im ostantarktischen Viktorialand.
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