Mount globe
| Mount globe | ||
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| height | 1270 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 19 ′ 4 ″ S , 37 ° 0 ′ 11 ″ W | |
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Mount Globus is a 1270 m (according to British data 1273 m ) high mountain on South Georgia . It rises between Fanning Ridge and Mount Corneliussen 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 Hvalfangerselskapet "Globus" A / S , a Norwegian whaling company founded in Larvik in 1924 , which was the first to use the slipway patented by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) for processing whale carcasses on factory ships began.
Web links
- Mount globe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Globus on geographic.org (English)