Mirage Island
Mirage Island is a rocky island 0.5 kilometres long lying 0.6 kilometres west of Cape Mousse on the coast of Antarctica. It was charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and so named by them because mirages were frequently observed in the vicinity of the island.- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Mirages, Ile des”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Martin.
Port Martin
Locality
Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage. Port Martin is situated 3½ km southwest of Mirage Island.
Mirage Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mirage Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mirages”
- Chinese: “米拉日島”
- Croatian: “Mirage”
- Dutch: “Mirage Island”
- German: “Île des Mirages”
- German: “Mirage Island”
- Greek: “Νήσος Μιράζ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île des Mirages”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mirage Island”
- Swedish: “Mirages”
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Highlights include Phare, le and Mousse, Cape.
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