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.
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
See also
editThis article incorporates public domain material from "Ommundsen Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.