Burdick Ridge

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Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Burdick Ridge from the north slopes of Presian Ridge.

Burdick Ridge is a ridge rising to an elevation of 773 metres (2,536 ft) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Extending for 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) between Orpheus Gate in the southeast and Rezen Saddle in the northwest, it is bounded by Perunika Glacier to the northeast and Balkan Snowfield to the southwest. It takes its name from its highest point, Burdick Peak.

It was first ascended by the Bulgarian Kuzman Tuhchiev from St. Kliment Ohridski Base during the 1993–94 season.

Maps

Burdick Ridge from Krumov Kamak.

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Coordinates: 62°38′06″S 60°15′29″W / 62.635°S 60.258°W / -62.635; -60.258


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