Mikkelsen Islands
Mikkelsen Islands is located in Antarctica
Mikkelsen Islands
Mikkelsen Islands
Location in Antarctica
Mikkelsen Islands is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Mikkelsen Islands
Mikkelsen Islands
Mikkelsen Islands (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°38′S 68°11′W / 67.633°S 68.183°W / -67.633; -68.183
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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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