Dufek Mountain is a large mountain

Mountain

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 rising to 3150 metres (10,334.6 ft), standing 2 nmi (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Mefjell Mountain

Mefjell Mountain

Mefjell Mountain is a large mountain rising to 3,080 m, standing 5 nautical miles west of Mount Bergersen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy...

 in the Sør Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographer

Cartography

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s in 1957 from aerial photographs

Aerial photography

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Cameras may be hand held or mounted, and photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or...

 taken by United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during Operation Highjump

Operation Highjump

Operation Highjump , officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by RADM Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN, , Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by RADM Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68....

, 1946–1947. The nmountain was named for RADM George J. Dufek

George J. Dufek

George John Dufek was an American naval officer, naval aviator, and Arctic expert. He served in World War II and the Korean War and in the 1940s and 1950s spent much of his career in the Antarctic, first with Admiral Byrd and later as supervisor of U.S. programs in the South Polar regions...

, who had been commander of the Eastern Group of Operation Highjump. Dufek Coast

Dufek Coast

Dufek Coast is that portion of the coast along the southwest margin of the Ross Ice Shelf between Airdrop Peak on the east side of the Beardmore Glacier and Morris Peak on the east side of Liv Glacier. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Rear Admiral George J...

, Dufek Head

Dufek Head

Dufek Head is an ice-covered headland northeast of Tyree Head in south Ross Island. The headland rises to at the east side of the terminus of Aurora Glacier. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with Tyree Head, after Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, U.S. Navy ,...

, and Dufek Massif

Dufek Massif

Dufek Massif is a range of peaks in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica, centered at . It covers and its highest point is England Peak . It is named for Rear Admiral George J. Dufek who participated in the exploration of the Antarctic in the mid-twentieth century. Dufek Coast, Dufek Head, and...

are also named for Dufek.