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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Dufek Mountain (USA) | 72° 10' 00.0" S | 24° 45' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124562
Place ID: 3932
Large mountain rising to 3,150 m, standing 2 mi SW of Mefjell Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named for R. Admiral George J. Dufek, USN (Dufek Coast, Dufek Massif, q.v.), who had been commander of the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump. |
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| Dufekfjellet (NOR) | 72° 13' 00.0" S | 24° 42' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 115033
Place ID: 3932
Mountain in S and middle part of Sør-Rondane. After Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, commander of NSFA, 1955. |
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| Mount Dufek (RUS) | 72° 14' 00.0" S | 24° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117796 Place ID: 3932 | |||
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