Mount Oona

Mount Oona (83°9′S 162°36′E / 83.150°S 162.600°E / -83.150; 162.600Coordinates: 83°9′S 162°36′E / 83.150°S 162.600°E / -83.150; 162.600) is a mountain, 2,170 m, at the north end of the ridge between Helm Glacier and Lowery Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henn Oona, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1964.

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