Mount Grant, South Georgia

Mount Grant, South Georgia
Mount Grant
Elevation 1,205 m (3,953 ft)
Location
Location South Georgia
Coordinates 54°15′S 37°7′W / 54.25°S 37.117°W / -54.25; -37.117Coordinates: 54°15′S 37°7′W / 54.25°S 37.117°W / -54.25; -37.117

Mount Grant is a mountain standing between Esmark and Keilhau Glaciers on the south side 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 Henry E.W. Grant, Colonial Secretary. and Legal Adviser in the Falkland Islands, 1906–09, who contributed to the early development of the whaling industry and the conservation of whales in the area.

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



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