Mount Roots
Elevation:	2,270 metres (7,447 feet)
Coordinates:	54°28′S 36°24′W
Location:	South Georgia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
Range Mountain range A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain... :	Allardyce Range Allardyce Range The Allardyce Range is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory. Mount Paget is the highest peak of the range and also the highest point in the UK territory...
First ascent First ascent In climbing, a first ascent is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route... :	January 2001
Easiest route Climbing route A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and, once committed to that ascent, can be difficult to stop or return. Choice of route can be critically important... :	snow/ice climb

Mount Roots is a mainly snow-covered mountain

Mountain

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 on South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...

, standing near the head of Nordenskjold Glacier

Nordenskjold Glacier

Nordenskjold Glacier is a large glacier flowing north to the head of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the expedition.-External links:*...

, 6 km (4 mi) ESE of Mount Paget

Mount Paget

Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia. It is the highest peak in the island of South Georgia, and any territory of the United Kingdom...

. Its western peak rises to 2,158 m; its eastern peak to 2,270 m. The mountain, fifth highest on the island, is a prominent feature and presumably was known to whalers and sealers in South Georgia at an early date.

It was roughly surveyed in the period 1925-30 by DI

Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel, and resurveyed by the SGS

SGS

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, 1951-52. Named by the UK-APC for James W. Roots, a member of the SGS, 1951-52.

The first ascent was made by British

United Kingdom

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climbers Will Manners and Stuart Macdonald on the north buttress in January 2001.