Burney Peak (62°18′34″S 58°51′46″W / 62.30939°S 58.86264°W) 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.
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- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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