Dufekfjellet
| Dufekfjellet | ||
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| height | 3150 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Dufekfjellet is a 3150 m high and large mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 3 km southwest of Mefjell in the Sør Rondane mountains .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). It is named after the American Rear Admiral George J. Dufek (1903-1977), among other things commander of the support units of the United States Navy in Antarctica from 1954 to 1959 and head of the first Operation Deep Freeze (1955-1956), which also included the Eastern Group who directed Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Dufek Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dufek Mountain on geographic.org (English)