Mount Paige

Mount Paige (76°20′S 144°42′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 appearance 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).

References
  1. 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.

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