57 ° 10' 21" N,
132 ° 18' 2.999" W
Petersburg (CA)
9462 ft (2884.02 m)
1.5 mi. W of Alaska-Canada boundary, 6 mi. NE of Devils Thumb and 116 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.
HistoryNamed by Julian D. Sears, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Lieutenant Eugene F. Burkett, U.S. Navy (USN), a member of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition of the Navy Department in 1926 and second in command of the Alaska Aerial Survey Detachment in 1929; Burkett was killed in an airplane crash in 1930.
Baird Glacier, Witches Cauldron,
Mountains:Boundary Peak 73, Mount Burkett, Devils Thumb, Mount T,
Mountain Ranges:Slopes: