GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



cellent series of sketches of the South Sandwich 

 Islands. Not adopted: Low Point. 



Mikkelsen, Mount: see Caroline Mikkelsen, 

 Mount. 



MIKKELSEN BAY: bay, about 15 mi. wide at 

 its mouth and indenting 9 mi., entered between 

 the Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux 

 along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°42'S., 

 67°10'W. First seen from a distance in 1909 by 

 the FrAE under Charcot, but not recognized as 

 a large bay. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill, and resurveyed by the FIDS in 

 1948-49. The name was proposed by members of 

 BGLE for Ejnar Mikkelsen, Danish Arctic explorer 

 and Inspector for East Greenland, 1934-50. 



MIKKELSEN HARBOR: small bay lying imme- 

 diately E. of Cape Skottsberg, along the S. side 

 of Trinity I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°52'S., 60°44'W. Disc, by the SwedAE under 

 Nordenskjold, 1901-4. It was not named at the 

 time but probably some 15 years later, perhaps 

 after Klarius Mikkelsen, Norwegian whaling cap- 

 tain. Not adopted: Hoseason Harbor, Mikkelson 

 Harbor. 



Mikkelsen Island: see Watkins Island. 



MIKKELSEN ISLETS: small group of islets 

 lying off the SE. coast of Adelaide I., about 2 mi. 

 SE. of the Leonie Is.; in 67°38'S., 68°11'W. Disc, 

 by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, and named 

 by him for Otto Mikkelsen, Norwegian diver who 

 inspected the damaged hull of the exp. ship 

 Pourquoi Pas? at Deception Island. 



MIKKELSEN PEAK: the highest peak, about 

 1,550 ft. in el., of the Scullin Monolith, on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 67°47'S., 66°37'E. In 

 January and February 1931 several Norwegian 

 whale catchers, exploring along this coast, made 

 sketches of the shore from their vessels and named 

 this mountain for Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen, master 

 of the Torlyn. Not adopted: Klarius Mikkelsen 

 Fjell [Norwegian], Mount . Klarius Mikkelsen, 

 Scullin Monolith. 



Mikkelson Harbor: see Mikkelsen Harbor. 



MILL, MOUNT: mountain about 2,000 ft. in el., 

 standing about 2 mi. W. of Mt. Balch on the NE. 

 shore of Waddington Bay, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°04'W. First charted 

 by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99. 

 Named by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, for 

 Hugh Robert Mill, British geographer, Antarctic 

 historian, and author in 1905 of The Seige of the 

 South Pole. Not adopted: Mill Peak. 



MILL COVE : cove entered between Cape Ander- 

 son and Valette I., along the S. coast of Laurie I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 44°35'W. 

 Charted by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, who 

 named it for Hugh Robert Mill. 



MILLER, MOUNT: mountain in the Queen Alex- 

 andra Range about 11,600 ft. in el., standing about 

 11 mi. SW. of Mt. Tripp, which lies midway be- 

 tween Shackleton Inlet and Beardmore Gl., on the 

 W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°15'S., 

 165°40'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE, 1907-9, 

 under Shackleton. 



MILLERAND ISLAND: island about 3 mi. in 

 diameter, lying about 4 mi. S. of Cape Calmette, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°09'S., 

 67°13'W. Disc, by the FrAE under Charcot, 

 1908-10, who probably named it for Alexandre 

 Millerand, French statesman. 



MILLER GLACIER: glacier about 1 mi. wide, 

 described by Griffith Taylor as a transection 

 glacier, lying in a transverse trough and connect- 

 ing Cotton Gl. and Debenham GL, in Victoria Land; 

 in about 77°08'S., 161°53'E. Disc, in January 1912 

 by the BrAE Western Geological Party under 

 Griffith Taylor, and named by him, probably for 

 M. J. Miller, Mayor of Lyttleton, shipwright who 

 repaired the exp. ship Terra Nova prior to its voy- 

 age S. from New Zealand. 



MILLER POINT: black rock cape about 670 ft. 

 in el., overlooking the N. side of the terminus of 

 Casey Gl., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°56'S., 63°23'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert Wilkins 

 in a flight on Dec. 20, 1928, and named by him 

 for George E. Miller, of Detroit, Michigan. It has 

 been more fully defined as a result of flights by 

 Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and by the flights and 

 sledge journey along this coast from East Base by 

 members of the US AS in 1940. 



MILLETT GLACIER: heavily crevassed glacier, 

 about 13 mi. long and 7 mi. wide, flowing W. from 

 the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Pen. to George VI 

 Sound, immediately N. of Wade Pt.; in 70°37'S., 

 67°40'W. In its lower reaches the N. side of this 

 glacier merges with Meiklejohn Gl. It was first 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and 

 later named for Hugh M. Millett, chief engineer 

 of the Penola during the BGLE, 1934-37. 



MILL GLACIER: glacier about 15 mi. wide, flow- 

 ing in a NW. direction along the N. side of the Do- 

 minion Range and entering the E. side of Beard- 

 more Gl.; 85°10'S., 168°00'E. Disc, in December 

 1908 by the BrAE under Shackleton, who named it 

 for Hugh Robert Mill. 



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