Salvesen Range
The Salvesen Mountains or Salvesen Range is a mountain range on the southern tip of South Georgia, rising to a maximum elevation of 2,330 metres. They were created 127 million years ago and are made mainly from granite.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Carse and Mount Paterson.
Mount Carse
Peak
Mount Carse is a mountain having several peaks, the highest at 2,330 metres, standing 2 nautical miles north of the head of Drygalski Fjord in the southern part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia.
Mount Paterson
Peak
Mount Paterson is a mountain, 2,195 m, standing 2 miles north-northwest of Mount Carse in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named for Stanley B. Mount Paterson is situated 3½ km north of Salvesen Range.
Mount Dow
Peak
Mount Dow is a mountain, 1,680 metres high, standing at the south side of Novosilski Glacier, 1 nautical mile west of the north end of Mount Carse in the south part of South Georgia. Mount Dow is situated 3½ km southwest of Salvesen Range.
Salvesen Range
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,046 metres
- Description: mountain range in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Salvesen Range from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Salvesen Range” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Salvesen Range”
- Chinese: “薩爾韋森山脈”
- Dutch: “Salvesen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سلسلة جبال سالفين”
- French: “chaîne Salvesen”
- French: “Chaîne Salvesen”
- German: “Salvesen Range”
- Ladin: “Salvesen Range”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salvesen Range”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salvesen Range”
- Norwegian: “Salvesen Range”
- Portuguese: “Cordilheira Salvesen”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Salvesen”
- Swedish: “Salvesen Range”
- Venetian: “Cordejera Salvesen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Müller Point and Will Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Starbuck Peak and Mount Baume.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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