Mikhaylov Island
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Mikhaylov Island () is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf of Antarctica, rising to 240 m, 6 miles (11 km) southeast of Leskov Island. It was discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956, who named it for Pavel N. Mikhaylov, artist on the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819-21.
This article incorporates text from Mikhaylov Island, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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