Mount Roots, Mountain summit in South Georgia

Mount Roots is a mainly snow-covered mountain on South Georgia, standing near the head of Nordenskjold Glacier, 6 kilometres ESE of Mount Paget. It has two summits: the western peak rises to 2,158 metres and the eastern peak to 2,270 metres, making it the fifth-highest mountain on the island.

Mount Roots was roughly surveyed between 1925 and 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel and resurveyed by the South Georgia Survey in 1951–52, when it was named for James W. Roots, a member of that survey. The first ascent was made by British climbers Will Manners and Stuart Macdonald on the north buttress in January 2001.

The name honours James W. Roots, a member of the South Georgia Survey of 1951–52, who was honoured by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee. The mountain was roughly surveyed by Discovery Investigations personnel between 1925 and 1930 and resurveyed by that same survey. Its western peak reaches 2,158 m and its eastern peak 2,270 m, making it the fifth-highest mountain on the island.

Mount Roots lies near the head of Nordenskjold Glacier, about 6 km ESE of Mount Paget, and is reached from South Georgia's north coast via the glacier. The 2001 first ascent followed the north buttress. Approach only from a ship-based base with a rope team, and count on roughly 2,270 m of snow-covered ground and changeable weather.

Mount Roots was first climbed only in January 2001, by British climbers Will Manners and Stuart Macdonald, who took the north buttress. The mountain had been roughly surveyed in 1925–30 and resurveyed in 1951–52, when it was named for James W. Roots of the South Georgia Survey.