Celsus Peak
| Celsus Peak | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Solvay Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 25 ′ 5 ″ S , 62 ° 24 ′ 54 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Celsus Peak is a 1350 m high mountain in the south of the Brabant Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . In the Solvay Mountains it rises 3 km west of Cape d'Ursel .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery carried out the first mapping. Another mapping was carried out in 1959 using aerial photographs by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain after the Roman encyclopaedist and medical writer Aulus Cornelius Celsus (≈ 25 BC - 50 AD).
Web links
- Celsus peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Celsus Peak on geographic.org (English)