Burdick Ridge
| Burdick Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 60 ° 15 ′ W | |
The Burdick Ridge is a mountain range in Burdick Peak up to 751 m high in the eastern part of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
Aerial photographs were taken between 1956 and 1957 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey also took on-site surveys between 1957 and 1958. The mountain ridge is named after the name of its highest peak. Its namesake is the American Christopher Burdick († 1831), who had visited the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821 as captain of the schooner Huntress from Nantucket .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 248 (English)