Mill Island
| Mill Island | ||
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| Waters | Shackleton Ice Shelf , Lake Mawson | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 32 ′ S , 100 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| length | 40 or 48 km | |
| width | 26 or 30 km | |
| surface | 1 258 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 500 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Mill Island is a completely ice-covered island off the Knox Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . The 40 to 48 km long island has the shape of a compact oval. The highest point of its ice cap is around 500 m above sea level. Its surface area is 1258 km². It is located on the northern edge of the Shackleton Ice Shelf , which partially surrounds the island, and represents the northernmost point of East Antarctica . About 50 kilometers south of Mill Island is the Bunger Oasis on the Antarctic mainland .
The island, discovered only in 1936 by the crew of the research vessel RRS William Scoresby , was named after the Scottish geographer and Antarctic historian Hugh Robert Mill (1861–1950).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mill Island in the United States Gazetteer, accessed June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b Mill Island in the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer, accessed June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b J. L. Roberts, AD Moy, TD van Ommen, MAJ Curran, AP Worby, ID Goodwin, M. Inoue: Borehole temperatures reveal a changed energy budget at Mill Island, East Antarctica, over recent decades (PDF; 2.63 MB ). In: The Cryosphere 7, 2013, pp. 263-273, doi : 10.5194 / tc-7-263-2013
- ↑ United Nations Environment Program: Island Directory , accessed June 18, 2013