Mount Paget

Mount Paget
Mount Paget
Highest point
Elevation	2,935 m (9,629 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	2,935 m (9,629 ft) Ranked 101st
Isolation	2,267 kilometres (1,409 mi)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	54°26′S 36°33′W / 54.433°S 36.550°W / -54.433; -36.550Coordinates: 54°26′S 36°33′W / 54.433°S 36.550°W / -54.433; -36.550
Geography
Location of Mt. Paget
Location	South Georgia
Parent range	Allardyce Range
Climbing
First ascent	Combined Services Expedition (British military) led by Commander Malcolm Burley, 30 December 1964
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia. It is the highest peak on the island, and also the highest peak in any territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom (except British Antarctica).

It is a saddle-shaped mountain, marking the highest point of the Allardyce Range in the central part of South Georgia. This feature was known to early sealers and whalers at South Georgia, and the name has long been established through general usage.^[1] It is clearly visible from Grytviken and King Edward Point.

References

Stonehouse, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (2002, ISBN 0-471-98665-8)

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Paget

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Capital: King Edward Point (Grytviken)

General	Coat of arms Commissioner Flag Foreign relations History Languages List of South Georgians Operation "Paraquet" South Georgia Museum .gs Sovereignty Invasion of South Georgia

Settlements / Whaling stations	Grytviken Godthul Husvik Leith Harbour Ocean Harbour Prince Olav Harbour Rosita Harbour Stromness Corbeta Uruguay base

South Georgia islands	Annenkov Island Bird Island Black Rock Black Rocks Clerke Rocks Cooper Island Grass Island Grassholm Kupriyanov Islands Pickersgill Islands Prion Island Saddle Island Shag Rocks South Georgia Trinity Island Welcome Islands Willis Islands

South Sandwich islands	Bellingshausen Bristol Candlemas Cook Leskov Montagu Saunders Thule Vindication Visokoi Zavodovski Traversay Islands

Landmarks	Admiralty Peak Allardyce Range Fortuna Glacier Gold Harbour Larsen Harbour Mount Baume Mount Belinda Mount Cunningham Mount Paget Mount Roots Peggotty Bluff Salisbury Plain Salvesen Range Southern Thule Thatcher Peninsula Grace Glacier Lucas Glacier Bay of Isles Point Abrahamsen Sheep Point Stromness Bay Cumberland Bay Possession Bay Sheer Point Busen Point

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