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Mount Munson
Mount
Munson
is a
mountain
rising from the
northwest
flank of
Mount Wade
, 3
nautical miles
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
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Captain William H. Munson, U.S.
Navy
,
Commanding Officer
of U.S. Navy
Air
Development
Squadron Six,
otherwise
known as
VX-6
, 1959–61.