The Allardyce Range is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory. Mount Paget (2,935m) is the highest peak of the range and also the highest point in the UK territory. Other peaks of the range include Mount Roots.
Although not shown on the charts of South Georgia by Cook in 1775 or Bellingshausen in 1819, peaks of this range were doubtless seen by those explorers. Named in about 1915, for Sir William L. Allardyce, Governor of the Falkland Islands, 1904_14.
The AllardyceRange is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory.
Mount Paget (2,935m) is the highest peak of the range and also the highest point in the UK territory.
Although not shown on the charts of South Georgia by Cook in 1775 or Bellingshausen in 1819, peaks of this range were doubtless seen by those explorers.
In the early years of the 20th century numerous countries sent expeditions to the Antarctic: Britain, Sweden, Russia, Germany and France among them: but the expedition which quietly completed the most comprehensive scientific programme of its day was the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04.
Peaks and glaciers of the AllardyceRange beyond the beaches of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia.
Led by the scientist-explorer William Spiers Bruce in the ship Scotia, the expedition avoided the heroics and disasters associated with other explorers, with the result that few headlines were made and history has largely forgotten the achievements.
Feeds |
Contact