Mount Corneliussen

Mount Corneliussen
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height	1540  m
location	South Georgia
Mountains	Allardyce Range
Coordinates	54 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  S , 36 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  S , 36 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  W

Mount Corneliussen is a 1540  m (according to British data 1220  m ) high mountain on South Georgia . It rises 1.5 km north of Mount Globus at the western end of the Allardyce Range .

The South Georgia Survey mapped the mountain as part of its 1951-1957 survey of South Georgia. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Norwegian engineers Carl and Erling Corneliussen from Sandefjord , who were involved in the development and improvement of whaling equipment between 1923 and 1938 .

Web links

• Mount Corneliussen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Corneliussen on geographic.org (English)