Mount Roots

Mount Roots
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height	2280 m
location	South Georgia
Mountains	Allardyce Range
Coordinates	54 ° 28 ′ 39 ″ S , 36 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ W Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 39 ″ S , 36 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ W

Mount Roots is a mainly snow-capped mountain in central South Georgia . It rises near the head end of the Nordenskjöld Glacier and 6.5 km east-southeast of Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range . With 2280 m of its western summit, it is the fifth highest mountain in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands .

The striking mountain was probably already known to the first seal hunters and whalers in South Georgia. He was mapped roughly by scientists at the British Discovery Investigations between 1925 and 1930. A detailed survey of took South Georgia Survey (SGS) between 1951 and 1952. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1955 by James Walter Roots (* 1927) , Geodesy of the SGS.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Mount Roots on peakery.com (accessed April 17, 2016).

[1] Mount Roots on peakery.com (accessed April 17, 2016).