Ommundsen Island
Ommundsen Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
---|---|
Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°ECoordinates: 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E |
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 is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.