Mount Paige
Mount Paige (76°20′S 144°42′W / 76.333°S 144.700°WCoordinates: 76°20′S 144°42′W / 76.333°S 144.700°W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Carbone, and 6 nautical miles east of Mount June, in the Phillips Mountains, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Its elevation is just over 1000 m and it has the apperance of a mesa with a flattened top tilted south.[1] Discovered and mapped from air photos taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David Paige, artist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).
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- ^ Wade, F. A., C. A. Cathey, and J. B. Oldham (1977), Reconnaissance geologic map of the Guest Peninsula quadrangle, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Map A-7, U. S. Antarctic Research Program, Reston, VA.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Paige". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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