Mount Carse is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

having several peaks, the highest at , standing north of the head of Drygalski Fjord in the southern part of the Salvesen Range of

South Georgia South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...

. It was surveyed by the

South Georgia Survey The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957. Although South Georgia had been commercially exploited as a whaling station during the first half of t ...

(SGS) between 1951 and 1957 and named for V. Duncan Carse, leader of the four SGS expeditions during that period. The first ascent was made on 21 January 1990 by Brian Davison and Stephen Venables, members of the Southern Ocean Mountaineering Expedition. ISS011-E-12152 - View of South Georgia

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Literature

* 'Island at the Edge of the World' by Stephen Venables. Hodder & Stoughton 1991 Carse {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub