Mill Island

Island in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica

This article is about the island in Antarctica. For other uses, see Mill Island (disambiguation).

Mill Island

Mill Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location| Antarctica
Coordinates| 65°30′S 100°40′E﻿ / ﻿65.500°S 100.667°E﻿ / -65.500; 100.667
Area| 1,260 km2 (490 sq mi)
Length| 46 km (28.6 mi)
Width| 30 km (19 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Mill Island is an ice-domed island, 46 kilometres (25 nmi) long and 30 kilometres (16 nmi) wide, lying 46 kilometres (25 nmi) north of the Bunger Hills. Mill Island was discovered in February 1936 by personnel on the William Scoresby, and named for British geographer and meteorologist Hugh Robert Mill. It is currently uninhabitable

## See also

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* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
* SCAR
* Territorial claims in Antarctica

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