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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunk Lake and Deep Lake.
Sunk Lake
Lake
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.
Deep Lake
Lake
Deep Lake is a small elongate lake 0.5 nautical miles north of Cape Barne, Ross Island. The descriptive name was applied by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
Terrace Lake
Lake
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 in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base. World Park Base is situated 9 km southeast of Mickle Island.
Mickle Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.56856° or 77° 34′ 7″ southLongitude
166.22232° or 166° 13′ 20″ eastElevation
76 metres (249 feet)Open location code
2VJ8C6JC+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 11703738201OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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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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Localities in the Area
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