Mount Paget

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Mount Paget is a prominent, heavily glaciated mountain and the highest peak on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated mountain
mountain
climateZone sub-Antarctic
climbingRoute snow and ice climb
continent sub-Antarctic region
country United Kingdom
elevation 2934 m
9630 ft
firstAscent 30 December 1964
firstAscentBy British Combined Services Expedition
geologicalSetting South Georgia microcontinent
hasFeature crevassed glaciers
steep glaciated faces
hasGlacier heavily glaciated slopes
hasPhoto view from Grytviken area
hasSnowCover permanent or near-permanent
isHighestPointOf South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
isPartOf Allardyce Range
isUltraProminentPeak true
isVisibleFrom Grytviken
King Edward Cove
listing Ultra prominent peak
country high point
locatedIn South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
locatedOn South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: island of South Georgia
mapLabel Mount Paget self-link
mountainRange Allardyce Range
namedAfter Sir James Paget
nearestResearchStation King Edward Point research station
nearestSettlement Grytviken
primaryClimbingDifficulty glacier travel
prominence 2934 m
region sub-Antarctic South Atlantic
relativeLocation east of King Edward Point
near Cumberland Bay
near the north coast of South Georgia
sovereignState United Kingdom
topographicIsolation over 2000 km
typicalCover snow and ice

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Allardyce Range hasPeak Mount Paget
Allardyce Range highestPoint Mount Paget
Mount Paget mapLabel Mount Paget self-link