Michelsen Island

Michelsen Island

Michelsen Island (60°44′S 45°2′W / 60.733°S 45.033°W / -60.733; -45.033) is a small island in the South Orkney Islands, joined to the south end of Powell Island by a narrow isthmus of occasionally submerged boulders. First observed and rudely mapped in 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer. Named on a map by Captain Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Michelsen Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).