Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Dufek Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dufek Head (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Head (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-covered headland 4.4 mi NE of Tyree Head in S Ross Island. The headland rises to 620 m at the E side of the terminus of Aurora Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2000) in association with Tyree Head, q.v., after R. Adm. George J. Dufek, USN (1903-77), Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1954-59.
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