Mount Paget is more than twice the height of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain on the island of Great Britain and is ranked 23rd by topographic isolation.

It is a saddle-shaped mountain, marking the highest point of the Allardyce Range in the central part of South Georgia.

This feature was known to early sealers and whalers at South Georgia, and the name has long been established through general usage.

M. K. Burly and Corporal B. Todd of the Royal Navy, landing at Cape Darnley by helicopter from HMS Protector.

[2] On 30 December 1964, the summit of 9,626 feet (2,934 m) was reached by Lieutenant S. H. Down, Sergeant T. J. Lynch and Senior Airman J. R. Chester of a British Combined Services expedition.