Cape Page

Cape Page (63°55′S 60°18′W / 63.917°S 60.300°W / -63.917; -60.300Coordinates: 63°55′S 60°18′W / 63.917°S 60.300°W / -63.917; -60.300) is a cape lying 13 nautical miles (24 km) southwest of Cape Kater on the west coast of Graham Land. Roughly shown by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Frederick H. Page, pioneer aircraft designer and president of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1945-47.

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