Monte Burney

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Monte Burney
Elevation 1,520 m (4,987 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,507 m (4,944 ft)
Listing Ultra
Location
Location Chile
Range Andes
Coordinates 52°20′S 73°24′W / 52.333°S 73.4°W / -52.333; -73.4[2]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1910[2]
Climbing
First ascent 1973 by Eric Shipton et al.

Monte Burney is an ice-capped stratovolcano located 200 km northwest of the city of Punta Arenas and south of the Cordillera Sarmiento, on the Peninsula Muñoz Gamero, in the Chilean Patagonia.

The mountain was named Mount Burney in honor of James Burney.[3]

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