Mount Burrill
| Mount Burrill | ||
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| height | 2310 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Burrill is a 2310 m high mountain in Victoria Land , East Antarctica . It rises 6 km south of Mount Hussey at the head of the Hand Glacier on the eastern edge of the Malta Plateau in the Victory Mountains .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him after Meredith F. "Pete" Burrill (1903-1997), executive director of the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1943 to 1973.
Web links
- Mount Burrill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Burrill on geographic.org (English)