Mikhaylov Island
| Mikhaylov Island | ||
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| Waters | West Ice Shelf | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 50 ′ S , 85 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| length | 42 km | |
| width | 15 km | |
| surface | 630 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 240.79 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Mikhaylov Island ( Russian Остров Михайлова Ostrow Mikhailowa ) is an ice-covered and uninhabited island in the western ice shelf off the Leopold and Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It has an area of about 630 km², which corresponds to a length of about 42 km and a width of about 15 km. The highest point on the island is 240.79 m . Mikhaylow Island is located about 10 km south-southwest of Leskov Island .
The island was discovered in 1956 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition. It is named after Pawel Nikolajewitsch Michailow (1786–1840), Russian painter and draftsman and participant in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821) led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 1965.
Web links
- Mikhaylov Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mikhaylov Island on geographic.org (English)