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Celsus Peak
Celsus Peak (64°25′S62°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 , 1897–99, under Adrien de 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 encyclopedist of the 1st century AD known for his medical work De Medicina. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 712 metres.