Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17245
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCelsus peakU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Peak 
Latitude 64° 24' 57.6" S (-64.416°)  
Longitude 62° 24' 57.6" W (-62.416°)  
Source U.S. Board on Geographic Names, available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov
Notes Belgica information (en): Peak 2 mi W of D'Ursel Point in the southern part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First mapped by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman who lived in the first century A.D., a great Latin classical medical writer. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Brabant Island (Island)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2007-12-13 08:38:01 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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