McCollum Peak

McCollum Peak (65°32′S 64°2′W / 65.533°S 64.033°W / -65.533; -64.033) is a peak, 735 m, standing south of Beascochea Bay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Waugh, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Elmer V. McCollum, American biochemist who first isolated vitamins A and B, in 1915.

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