Mügge Island

Mügge Island

Mügge Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°55′S 67°45′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Mügge Island is one of the Bennett Islands, lying 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) north of the west end of Weertman Island in Hanusse Bay. Mapped from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947–48) and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Johannes O.C. Mügge (1858-1932), a German mineralogist who made pioneer studies of the plasticity of ice, in 1895.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Mügge Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.