Burgess Ice Rise
Burgess Ice Rise (70°23′S 73°21′W / 70.383°S 73.350°W) is a small ice rise lying within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was mapped from the air on a radio echo sounding flight by the British Antarctic Survey on 11 February 1967[1], and later accurately positioned from U.S. Landsat imagery of February 1979. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Flight Lieutenant Robert William Burgess, Royal Air Force pilot in command of the Twin Otter aircraft on the flight.
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- ^ "Burgess Ice Rise". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Burgess Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.