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Ommundsen Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Island group
  
Windmill Islands

Population
  
Uninhabited

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.

Map of Ommundsen Island, Antarctica

References

Ommundsen Island Wikipedia