Burch Peaks
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Burch Peaks is a group of peaks 6 miles (10 km) east of Mount Torckler
in Enderby Land
. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
aircraft in 1957, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.M. Burch, geophysicist at Wilkes Station
in 1961.
Mount Torckler
Mount Torckler is a mountain 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Smethurst and 28 nautical miles southwest of Stor Hanakken Mountain in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for R.M...
in Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
aircraft in 1957, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.M. Burch, geophysicist at Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica...
in 1961.