Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Munson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Munson (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain about 2900m high, rising from the north-west flank of Mt Wade, some 3 miles from its summit. Discovered and photographed by Rear-Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Range in November 1929, and named for Captain William H Munson, USN, Commanding Officier of USN Air Development Squadron Six, 1959-61.
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