Mount Corneliussen

Mount Corneliussen: Mount Corneliussen (54°17′S 36°58′W / 54.283°S 36.967°W / -54.283; -36.967) is a mountain, 1,540 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Globus at the west end of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Carl and Erling Corneliussen, Norwegian engineers, who between 1923 and 1938 were responsible for improvements in whaling equipment, especially devices in connection with explosive harpoons.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Corneliussen" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Gjelstad Pass — (coord|54|17|S|36|57|W|) is a pass through the west part of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia, between Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak. It is the only pass yet discovered which gives access overland to the area south of the Allardyce Range … Wikipedia
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