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Ommundsen Island

Coordinates: 66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E / -66.333; 110.367
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Ommundsen Island
Ommundsen Island is located in Antarctica
Ommundsen Island
Ommundsen Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°20′S 110°22′E / 66.333°S 110.367°E / -66.333; 110.367
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Ommundsen Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.