title: Burney Peak
text: # Burney Peak
  
  Burney Peak (62°18′34″S 58°51′46″W﻿ / ﻿62.30939°S 58.86264°W﻿ / -62.30939; -58.86264) 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.
  
  