Michelsen Island

Michelsen Island is a small island in the off . It is joined to the southern end of by a narrow isthmus of occasionally submerged boulders.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Christoffersen Island and Grey Island.

Islet
is a small island immediately west of the southern end of in the of . The name appears on a chart by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of these islands in 1912–13.

Islet
is 1 km south of Michelsen Island and 2 km west of the southern part of , in the of . It was first charted and named Holmen Graa on a map by the Norwegian whaler Captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912–13.

Michelsen Island

Latitude
-60.73261° or 60° 43′ 57″ south
Longitude
-45.02274° or 45° 1′ 22″ west
Open location code
38FP7X8G+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233397725
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6638049
Wiki­data ID
Q6837324
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Satellite Map

Discover Michelsen Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Michelsen Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Michelsen”
  • Chinese: “米切爾森島”
  • Dutch: “Michelsen Island”
  • German: “Michelsen Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Michelsen Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Michelsenøya”
  • Spanish: “Michelsen, isla”
  • Swedish: “Michelsen Island”
  • Swedish: “Michelsen”

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