Ommundsen Island

Ommundsen Island
Ommundsen Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E / -66.333; 110.367Coordinates: 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E / -66.333; 110.367
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Ommundsen Island is an island just west of Midgley Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Audon Ommundsen, transport specialist at Wilkes Station in 1958.

See also

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ommundsen Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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