Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 67°38′S 68°11′W / 67.633°S 68.183°WCoordinates: 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.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mikkelsen Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).