Burch Peaks
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 52 ′ S , 53 ° 2 ′ E | |
The Burch Peaks are a group of mountains in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They tower 10 km east of Mount Torckler .
Aerial photographs used for mapping were taken in 1957 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them William Martin Burch (* 1938), a geophysicist at Wilkes Station in 1961.
Web links
- Burch peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burch Peaks on geographic.org (English)