Mount Redifer

Mount Redifer (85°48′S 160°52′W / 85.800°S 160.867°W / -85.800; -160.867Coordinates: 85°48′S 160°52′W / 85.800°S 160.867°W / -85.800; -160.867) is a mountain, 2,050 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Ellsworth in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard D. Redifer, meteorology electronics technician at South Pole Station, 1959.

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