Mount Burnham (Marie Byrd Land)

77°16′S 142°5′W

Mount Burnham is a mountain, 1,170 metres (3,840 ft) high, standing 2 miles (3 km) north of Mount Van Valkenburg in the Clark Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service in 1940 and named for Guy Burnham, Cartographer in the School of Geography of Clark University.

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