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The Chauga Mound is an archaeological site once located on the northern bank of the Tugaloo River, about 1,200 feet (370 m) north of the mouth of the Chauga River in present-day Oconee County, South Carolina.
Although not shown on the charts of South Georgia by Cook in 1775 or Bellingshausen in 1819, peaks of this range were doubtless seen by those explorers. The range was named c. 1915 after Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861–1930), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1904–14.
This category is for mountains and hills on the main island of South Georgia. For other islands in the group, please see Category:Mountains and hills of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands .
The oldest projectile points found in North America were long thought to date from about 13,000 years ago, during the Paleo-Indian period, however recent evidence suggests that North American projectile points may date to as old as 15,500 years. [2] Some of the more famous Paleo-Indian types include Clovis, Folsom and Dalton points. [3]
Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia.At 9,629 feet (2,935 m) above the sea level, it is the highest peak on the island, and the highest peak in any territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom (excluding the British Antarctic Territory, where British sovereignty is unrecognised by most countries, where Mount Hope is the ...
The Hoojah Branch Site is an archaeological site in Rabun County, Georgia that had periods of occupation from the Archaic period to the Mississippian period.It is believed to be a platform mound similar to others across North Georgia (including the famous Etowah Indian Mounds) built by peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) [2 ...
Georgia (U.S. state) portal This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Georgia , in the United States . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state) .
Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot (529 m) summit is visible for many [quantify] miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest. [citation needed] Currahee Mountain is one of the landmarks [4] used in the Treaty of Hopewell. [5]