Burdick South Peak

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Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Burdick South Peak from Orpheus Gate.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Burdick South Peak (Bulgarian: връх южен Бърдик, romanized: vrah yuzhen Bardik, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈjuʒɛn ˈbɤrdik]) rises 544 m and is formed by an offshoot extending 1 km west-southwestwards from the southeastern extremity of Burdick Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The peak is narrow, with steep and partly ice-free southern and northern slopes. It is linked to Willan Nunatak by Willan Saddle.

The feature takes its name from Burdick Peak.

The peak is located at 62°38′36″S 60°15′33″W / 62.64333°S 60.25917°W / -62.64333; -60.25917 which is 980 m south by west of Burdick Peak, 5.26 km east of Sinemorets Hill, 1.45 km northeast of Willan Nunatak and 1.49 km west-northwest of Pliska Peak.

The peak was mapped by the Spanish Servicio Geográfico del Ejército in 1991. Co-ordinates, elevation and distances given according to a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey.

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