Ommundsen Island

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.

Ommundsen Island
Ommundsen Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°20′S 110°22′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 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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