Mickle Island is a very small island southeast of Flagstaff Point, close off the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica. It was charted and so named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, led by Ernest Shackleton. The name appears to be capricious or whimsical, "mickle" meaning "great." See also List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands References Islands of the Ross Dependency Ross Archipelago