McCollum Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
McCollum Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 735m SW of ChiloƩ Point, Beascochea Bay, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of vitamin research grouped in this area, named after Elmer Verner McCollum (1879-1967), American biochemist who in 1915 first isolated vitamins A and B; Professor of Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1917-44 (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960).
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