The Mikkelsen Islands are a small group of islands and rocks off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island in Antarctica, about four kilometers southeast of the Léonie Islands. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot between 1908 and 1910, and named for Otto Mikkelsen, the Norwegian diver who inspected the damaged hull of the expedition ship Pourquoi-Pas at Deception Island.
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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The Mikkelsen Islands are a small group of islands and rocks lying off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, 4 kilometres (2 nmi) southeast of the Léonie Islands.
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