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The Allardyce Range ( es, Cordillera de San Telmo) is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of
The Allardyce Range ( es, Cordillera de San Telmo) is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east� ...
, a UK overseas territory. It extends for from Mount Globus in the northwest to Mount Brooker in the southeast, with peaks of and including Mount Paget () 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. The range was named c. 1915 after Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861–1930), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1904–14.
See also
*Nachtigal Peak
Nachtigal Peak () is a rocky peak on a spur projecting northward from the southeast extremity of the Allardyce Range, South Georgia. It rises to at the west side of the head of Cook Glacier, east of Nordenskjold Peak. The name " Kleine Pic" ( L ...
*Sutton Crag
Sutton Crag is a crag, , standing north of and connected by a long ridge to the west peak of Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. Charted and unofficially named Sentinel or Sentinel Peak by the British South Georgia Expedition, 195 ...
References
* Stonehouse, B (ed.) ''Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans'' (2002, ) Mountains and hills of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub