Mount Paige

Mount Paige (76°20′S 144°42′W / 76.333°S 144.700°W / -76.333; -144.700Coordinates: 76°20′S 144°42′W / 76.333°S 144.700°W / -76.333; -144.700) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Carbone in the Phillips Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. 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).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Paige" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/17/2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.