Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain (2,800 m) rising from the NW flank of Mount Wade, 3 mi from its summit, in the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. William H. Munson, USN, Commanding Officer of USN Air Development Squadron Six, otherwise known as VX-6, 1959-61.
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