- Allardyce Range
The Allardyce Range is a
mountain range rising south ofCumberland Bay and dominating the central part ofSouth Georgia , a UK overseas territory.gnis|id=281|type=antarid]Mount Paget (2,935m) is the highest peak of the range and also the highest point in the UK territory. Other peaks of the range includeMount 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. Named in about 1915, after Sir
William Lamond Allardyce , Governor of theFalkland Islands , 1904-14.References
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