Celsus Peak (64°25′S 62°26′W / 64.417°S 62.433°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of D'Ursel Point in the southern part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first mapped by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, mapped from these photos in 1959, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a Roman who lived in the 1st century AD and was a great Latin classical medical writer.[1] The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 712 metres.
Maps
edit- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
edit- ^ "Celsus Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Celsus Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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