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Mica Islands
The Mica Islands, a group of about four mainly ice-covered islands, lie 13 kilometres (7 nmi) west of Mount Guernsey and 11 kilometres (6 nmi) northeast of Cape Jeremy, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Overview
The Mica Islands, a group of about four mainly ice-covered islands, lie 13 kilometres (7 nmi) west of Mount Guernsey and 11 kilometres (6 nmi) northeast of Cape Jeremy, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The British Graham Land Expedition first sighted them from the air and photographed them in 1936; rough maps later based themselves on the photographs. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey visited and surveyed the islands on the ground in 1948, naming them for the mica in the schists which form them.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands2
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Oliver Island
- Area
- 1.6 km²
- High point
- 90 m
Oliver Island in the Antarctic is the largest of the Mica Islands, lying outside the entrance to West Bay and 11 kilometres (6 nmi) northeast of Cape Jeremy in south Marguerite Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 for David L. S. Navy, cook, Palmer Station, winter party 1972.
Minor islands
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.2 km²
- High point
- 75 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.19 km²
- High point
- 80 m
Islets
- Unnamed island45 m · 0.1 km²
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island0.66 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Oliver Island | 1.6 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.66 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.19 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |