Mikkelsen Harbour

A small Antarctic bay where you can enjoy spectacular views of Trinity and D’Hainaut Island

Mikkelsen Harbour

Region: Antarctica

Destinations: Antarctic Peninsula

Mikkelsen Harbour’s many highlights

Located amid the incredible scenery of Trinity Island, Mikkelsen Harbour is a small bay where D’Hainaut Island can also be found. Here you’ll find a ruggedly beautiful bay strewn with partially submerged rocks and whale bones littering the beach, a reminder of times past.

Picture by Meike Sjoer

You can also enjoy seeing the gentoo colony of D’Hainaut Island, first charted by Jean-Baptiste Charcot but named after an officer from the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1952.

Picture by Meike Sjoer

Main image by Meike Sjoer

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Cruise date:

21 Mar - 5 Apr, 2025

Berths start from:

10500 USD

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