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- Salvesen_Range abstract "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 (7,644 ft). They were created 127 million years ago and are made mainly from granite. The Cretaceous granite is embedded into the Jurassic basaltic lavas and dolerite dykes. Both of which are black so they create a striking colour contrast in exposures. Both the granite and the basalt were formed from rising magma formed on the divergent plate boundary where the southern Atlantic Ocean opened. The main ranges of South Georgia famously crossed by Ernest Shackleton in 1916, are less rugged and precipitous than the Salvesen Mountains as they are formed from folded sandstone. These were formed from sand deposition, the sediment for which was derived from erosion of the igneous rocks and rifting continental blocks.The range was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey, 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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Salvesen Range" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).".
- Salvesen_Range country South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.
- Salvesen_Range country United_Kingdom.
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- Salvesen_Range subject Category:Mountains_and_hills_of_South_Georgia.
- Salvesen_Range point "-54.666666666666664 -36.11666666666667".
- Salvesen_Range type GeologicalFormation109287968.
- Salvesen_Range type Mountain109359803.
- Salvesen_Range type MountainsAndHillsOfSouthGeorgia.
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- Salvesen_Range comment "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 (7,644 ft). They were created 127 million years ago and are made mainly from granite. The Cretaceous granite is embedded into the Jurassic basaltic lavas and dolerite dykes. Both of which are black so they create a striking colour contrast in exposures.".
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- Salvesen_Range lat "-54.666666666666664".
- Salvesen_Range long "-36.11666666666667".
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