Dufek Massif

The Dufek Massif is a part of the Pensacola Mountains in Queen Elizabeth Land, within the mainland Antarctic lands of the British Antarctic Territory. Here the land rises to 6,660 feet above sea level.

The massif is to the west of the Forrestal Range, in the north of the Pensacola Mountains. It was seen from the air from a the United States Navy P2V Neptune patrol aircraft on a flight from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and back on 12 January 1956: it is named after Rear-Admiral George John Dufek of the United States Navy (1903-77), Commander, the United States Navy Task Force 43, ODF, 1955-59 (covering first aircraft landing at the South Pole). The massif was again seen from the air in October 1957 and surveyed from the ground in December 1957 by United States International Geophysical Year personnel from "Ellsworth Station".

Location

• Location map: 82°33’15"S, 51°37’27"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Dufek Massif