Mickle Island
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunk Lake and Deep Lake.
Sunk Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western…
Deep Lake
Lake
Deep Lake is a small elongate lake 0.5 nautical miles north of Cape Barne, Ross Island.
Terrace Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round… World Park Base is situated 9 km southeast of Mickle Island.
Mickle Island
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 76 metres (249 feet)
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.56856° or 77° 34′ 7″ south
Longitude
166.22232° or 166° 13′ 20″ east
Open location code
2VJ8C6JC+HW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mickle Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mickle Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Mickle Island”
- Chinese: “米克爾島”
- Dutch: “Mickle Island”
- German: “Mickle Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mickle Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mickle Island”
- Norwegian: “Mickle Island”
- Swedish: “Mickle Island”
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