Mill Island
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Mill Island is an ice-domed
island
, 25 miles (40.2 km) long and 16 miles (25.7 km) wide, lying 25 miles (40.2 km) north of the Bunger Hills
. Mill Island is located at 65°30′S 100°40′E. Mill Island was discovered in February 1936 by personnel on the William Scoresby
, and named for Hugh Robert Mill
.
Ice cap
An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....
island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
, 25 miles (40.2 km) long and 16 miles (25.7 km) wide, lying 25 miles (40.2 km) north of the Bunger Hills
Bunger Hills
Bunger Hills or Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis is a coastal range on the Knox Coast in Wilkes Land in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free throughout the year, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago.The Bunger...
. Mill Island is located at 65°30′S 100°40′E. Mill Island was discovered in February 1936 by personnel on the William Scoresby
RRS William Scoresby
The RRS William Scoresby was an early-twentieth-century research vessel in the employ of the British scientific organisation, Discovery Investigations....
, and named for Hugh Robert Mill
Hugh Robert Mill
Hugh Robert Mill was a Scottish geographer and meteorologist who was influential in the reform of geography teaching, and in the development of meteorology as a science. Educated in Scotland, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1883...
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See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica