Mikkelsen Islands

Mikkelsen Islands

Mikkelsen Islands Location in Antarctica Mikkelsen Islands Mikkelsen Islands (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°38′S 68°11′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.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Mikkelsen Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.