- Salvesen Range
The Salvesen Mountains or Salvesen Range is a
mountain range on the southern tip ofSouth Georgia , rising to a maximum elevation of 2,330 metres. They were created 127 million years ago and are made mainly fromgranite . TheCretaceous granite is pretruded into theJurassic basalt iclava s anddolerite dykes. Both of which are black so they create a striking colour contrast in exposures. Both thegranite and thebasalt were formed from risingmagma formed on the divergent plate boundary where the southernAtlantic Ocean opened. The main ranges ofSouth Georgia famously crossed byErnest Shackleton in 1916, are less rugged and precipitous than the Salvesen Mountains as they are formed from foldedsandstone . These were formed fromsand deposition, the sediment for which was derived fromerosion of theigneous rock s and rifting continental blocks.The range was surveyed by the SGS, 1951-52, and named for Sir
Harold Salvesen , a director of Messrs. Chr. Salvesen and Co., Leith, who gave great assistance to the SGS, 1951-52 and 1953-54.Mountains in the range include -
*Mount Carse
*Mount Paterson
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