Mill Island

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The Mill Island is a completely ice-covered island in the Antarctic. The 40 to 48 km long island has the shape of a compact oval. The highest point of its ice cap is about 500 m above sea level. Their surface area is 1258 km ². It lies on the northern edge of the Shackleton Ice Shelf, which surrounds the island part, and is the northernmost point of the East Antarctic dar. About 50 kilometers south of the Mill Island is located on the Antarctic mainland, the Bunger Oasis.

The island until 1936, discovered by the crew of the research ship RRS William Scoresby was named after the Scottish geographer and Antarctic historian Hugh Robert Mill ( 1861-1950 ).

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