Mikkelsen Islands
Mikkelsen Islands Location in Antarctica Mikkelsen Islands Mikkelsen Islands (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°38′S 68°11′W / 67.633°S 68.183°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The Mikkelsen Islands are a small group of islands and rocks lying off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, 4 kilometres (2 nmi) southeast of the Léonie Islands. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1908–10 and named by him for Otto Mikkelsen, the Norwegian diver who inspected the damaged hull of the Pourquoi-Pas at Deception Island.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Mikkelsen Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.