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Mikkelsen Bay

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Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 24 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, British Antarctic Survey, British Graham Land expedition, Cambridge, Ejnar Mikkelsen, Fallières Coast, Fitzwilliam Museum, French Antarctic Expedition, Godfrey Upland, Graham Land, Hadley Upland, Hariot Glacier, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay), John Dee, John Rymill, Marguerite Bay, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, Rymill Bay, Sickle Mountain, Southern Ocean, Terra Firma Islands, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Wordie Ice Shelf.

  2. Bays of Graham Land

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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British Graham Land expedition

The British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Ejnar Mikkelsen

Ejnar Mikkelsen (23 December 1880 – 1 May 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and writer.

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Fallières Coast

The Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf.

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Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge.

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French Antarctic Expedition

The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.

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Godfrey Upland

Godfrey Upland is a small remnant plateau with an undulating surface and a mean elevation of in south-central Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Hadley Upland

Hadley Upland is a triangular shaped remnant plateau with an undulating surface,, in southern Graham Land, Antarctica. Mikkelsen Bay and Hadley Upland are Fallières Coast.

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Hariot Glacier

Hariot Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest along the south side of Morgan Upland before turning west into the northern portion of the Wordie Ice Shelf, along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).

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Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay)

Jenny Island or Isla Juanita is a rocky island long which rises to, lying east of Cape Alexandra, the southeastern extremity of Adelaide Island, in northern Marguerite Bay.

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John Dee

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist.

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John Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.

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Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. Mikkelsen Bay and Marguerite Bay are bays of Graham Land and Fallières Coast.

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Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.

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Rymill Bay

Rymill Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Mikkelsen Bay and Rymill Bay are bays of Graham Land and Fallières Coast.

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Sickle Mountain

Sickle Mountain is a tall mountain standing on the south side of Clarke Glacier and 14 miles (22 km) east of Cape Berteaux, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mikkelsen Bay and Sickle Mountain are Fallières Coast.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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Terra Firma Islands

The Terra Firma Islands are a small group of islands lying north of Cape Berteaux, off the west coast of Graham Land in West Antarctica. Mikkelsen Bay and Terra Firma Islands are Fallières Coast.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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Wordie Ice Shelf

The Wordie Ice Shelf was a confluent glacier projecting as an ice shelf into the SE part of Marguerite Bay between Cape Berteaux and Mount Edgell, along the western coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Mikkelsen Bay and Wordie Ice Shelf are Fallières Coast.

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See also

Bays of Graham Land

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkelsen_Bay

Also known as Baudin Peaks, Cape Berteaux, Clarke Glacier (Graham Land), Compass Island, Dee Ice Piedmont, Doggo Defile, Flyspot Rocks, Guyer Rock, Keyhole Island, Moraine Cove, Pavie Ridge, Query Island.