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'''Mikkelsen Bay''' is a bay, 15 miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 miles, entered between [[Bertrand Ice Piedmont]] and [[Cape Berteaux]] along the W coast of [[Graham Land]], [[Antarctica]]. First seen from a distance in [[1909]] by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under [[Jean-Baptiste Charcot]], but not recognized as a large bay. First surveyed in [[1936]] by the [[BGLE]] under Rymill, and resurveyed by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] in 1948-49. The name was proposed by members of BGLE for [[Ejnar Mikkelsen]], Danish Arctic explorer and Inspector for East Greenland, 1934-50. |
'''Mikkelsen Bay''' is a bay, 15 miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 miles, entered between [[Bertrand Ice Piedmont]] and [[Cape Berteaux]] along the W coast of [[Graham Land]], [[Antarctica]]. First seen from a distance in [[1909]] by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under [[Jean-Baptiste Charcot]], but not recognized as a large bay. First surveyed in [[1936]] by the [[BGLE]] under Rymill, and resurveyed by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] in 1948-49. The name was proposed by members of BGLE for [[Ejnar Mikkelsen]], Danish Arctic explorer and Inspector for East Greenland, 1934-50. |
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Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, 15 miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 miles, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the W coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. First seen from a distance in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but not recognized as a large bay. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948-49. The name was proposed by members of BGLE for Ejnar Mikkelsen, Danish Arctic explorer and Inspector for East Greenland, 1934-50.
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