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    65°08′S 64°20′W

    Wilhelm Archipelago

    The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.

    Lemaire Channel, Antarctica
    Lemaire Channel, Antarctica

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    200 landforms

    Overview

    The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74. He named them for Wilhelm I, then German Emperor and King of Prussia.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands37
    • Minor islands45
    • Islets105
    • Rocks & skerries13

    Major islands

    37
    • Booth Island

      Booth Island

      Area
      11 km²
      High point
      775 m

      Booth Island (or Wandel Island; 65°4′48″S 64°0′0″W) is a Y-shaped island, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long and rising to 980 metres (3,220 ft) in the northeast part of the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Hovgaard Island

      Hovgaard Island

      Area
      7.4 km²
      High point
      364 m

      Hovgaard Island (65°8′S 64°8′W) is an island 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Petermann Island

      Petermann Island

      Area
      0.98 km²
      High point
      130 m

      Petermann Island (65°10′S 64°10′W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Skua Island

      Skua Island

      Area
      0.54 km²
      High point
      37 m

      Skua Island (65°15′S 64°16′W) is a roughly triangular island 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) long, lying between Black Island to the southwest and Winter Island and Galindez Island to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.

    • Galindez Island

      Galindez Island

      Area
      0.39 km²
      High point
      49 m

      Galindez Island (65°15′S 64°15′W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Winter Island

      Winter Island

      Area
      0.2 km²
      High point
      23 m

      Winter Island is an island 900 m (980 yd) long, lying 200 m (220 yd) north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

    • Knight Island

      Area
      1.4 km²
      High point
      132 m

      5 nautical miles (3 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Reeve Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. The island was shown on an Argentinian government chart of 1950.

    • Reeve Island

      Area
      1.4 km²
      High point
      123 m

      5 nautical miles long, lying between Knight and Friar islands in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after one of the characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

    • Wednesday Island

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      128 m

      2 mi) long, at the east end of Wauwermans Islands in the north part of Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Sinclair Island

      Area
      1.1 km²
      High point
      118 m

      Sinclair Island (also known as Chaucer Island in UK usage) is a small island over 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) long in the Wauwermans Islands group of the Wilhelm Archipelago, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It lies about 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) northeast of Reeve Island.

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.98 km²
      High point
      80 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.87 km²
      High point
      89 m
    • Manciple Island

      Area
      0.73 km²
      High point
      109 m

      Manciple Island (64°56′S 63°56′W) is an island lying between Reeve Island and Host Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952.

    • Miller Island

      Area
      0.59 km²
      High point
      103 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.52 km²
      High point
      50 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.46 km²
      High point
      89 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.44 km²
      High point
      51 m
    • Uruguay Island

      Area
      0.42 km²
      High point
      63 m

      62 mi) long with a cove indenting its west side, lying between Irizar Island and Corner Island in the Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica. B. Charcot who named it after the Argentine corvette ARA Uruguay.

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.42 km²
      High point
      26 m
    • Brown Island

      Area
      0.36 km²
      High point
      89 m

      Brown Island is a small, brown, almost snow-free island in the southeastern part of the Wauwermans Islands, 4 km (2 nmi) southwest of Wednesday Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago.

    • Guido Island

      Area
      0.35 km²
      High point
      96 m

      Guido Island (64°55′S 63°50′W) is an island lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Prioress Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    • Friar Island

      Area
      0.35 km²
      High point
      75 m

      Friar Island (64°55′S 63°55′W) is an island lying immediately northeast of Manciple Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952, but not named.

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.34 km²
      High point
      23 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.31 km²
      High point
      61 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.31 km²
      High point
      32 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.31 km²
      High point
      31 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.3 km²
      High point
      24 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.29 km²
      High point
      81 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      51 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.27 km²
      High point
      44 m
    • Irizar Island

      Area
      0.26 km²
      High point
      46 m

      5 mi) northeast of Uruguay Island in the northeastern part of the Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Captain Julián Irízar of the Argentine Navy.

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.25 km²
      High point
      28 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.24 km²
      High point
      14 m
    • Host Island

      Area
      0.24 km²
      High point
      102 m

      Host Island is an island lying immediately southeast of Manciple Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950.

    • Sooty Rock

      Area
      0.23 km²

      Sooty Rock (65°14′S 65°9′W) is a rock midway between Lumus Rock and Betheder Islands in Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named "Black Reef" by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37. Resighted from HMS Endurance in February 1969 and described as a rock about 20 m high.

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.22 km²
      High point
      55 m
    • Splitwind Island

      Area
      0.21 km²

      Booth Island (or Wandel Island; 65°4′48″S 64°0′0″W) is a Y-shaped island, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long and rising to 980 metres (3,220 ft) in the northeast part of the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.

    Minor islands

    45
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      51 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      54 m
    • Lobel Island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      76 m
    • Mitin island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      19 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.18 km²
      High point
      46 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.18 km²
      High point
      16 m
    • Bodloperka Island

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      33 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.17 km²
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      13 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      17 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      42 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      25 m
    • Grotto Island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      12 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      13 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      10 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.14 km²
      High point
      60 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.14 km²
      High point
      14 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.14 km²
      High point
      8 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      43 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      14 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      13 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      24 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      44 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      7 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      9 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      5 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      7 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      29 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      20 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      13 m
    • Prior Island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      48 m
    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      12 m
    • Barbière Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Bazzano Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Boudet Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Clear Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Fanfare Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Kostilka Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Nob Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Pléneau Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Prioress Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Rollet Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Smooth Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Somerville Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Squire Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    Islets

    105
    • Unnamed island20 m · 0.1 km²
    • Unnamed island47 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island16 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island15 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island31 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island6 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island32 m · 0.08 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.08 km²
    • Unnamed island24 m · 0.08 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.08 km²
    • Unnamed island30 m · 0.08 km²
    • Cholet Island16 m · 0.07 km²

    Rocks & skerries

    13
    • Corner Island26 m · 0.1 km²
    • Heed Rock0.01 km²
    • Lumus Rock0.6 ha
    • Bergel Rock0.2 ha
    • Mazzeo Island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Anvil Rock—
    • Bradley Rock—
    • Channel Rock—
    • Drum Rock—

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m800 m775 mBooth364 mHovgaard132 mKnight130 mPetermann128 mWednesday123 mReeve118 mSinclair109 mManciple103 mMiller102 mHost96 mGuido89 mBrown76 mLobel75 mFriar
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.1110100Booth: 11 km²BoothHovgaard: 7.4 km²HovgaardKnight: 1.4 km²KnightReeve: 1.4 km²ReeveWednesday: 1.3 km²WednesdaySinclair: 1.1 km²SinclairPetermann: 0.98 km²PetermannUnnamed island: 0.98 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.87 km²Unnamed islandManciple: 0.73 km²MancipleMiller: 0.59 km²MillerSkua: 0.54 km²SkuaUnnamed island: 0.52 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.46 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.44 km²Unnamed islandUruguay: 0.42 km²UruguayUnnamed island: 0.42 km²Unnamed islandGalindez: 0.39 km²GalindezBrown: 0.36 km²BrownGuido: 0.35 km²GuidoFriar: 0.35 km²FriarUnnamed island: 0.34 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.31 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.31 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.31 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.29 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.28 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.27 km²Unnamed islandIrizar: 0.26 km²IrizarUnnamed island: 0.25 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.24 km²Unnamed islandHost: 0.24 km²HostSooty Rock: 0.23 km²Sooty RockUnnamed island: 0.22 km²Unnamed islandSplitwind: 0.21 km²SplitwindWinter: 0.2 km²WinterUnnamed island: 0.19 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.19 km²Unnamed islandLobel: 0.19 km²Lobel
    km², log scale. 18 without a known area.
    Booth Island11 km²
    Hovgaard Island7.4 km²
    Knight Island1.4 km²
    Reeve Island1.4 km²
    Wednesday Island1.3 km²
    Sinclair Island1.1 km²
    Petermann Island0.98 km²
    Unnamed island0.98 km²
    Unnamed island0.87 km²
    Manciple Island0.73 km²
    Miller Island0.59 km²
    Skua Island0.54 km²
    Unnamed island0.52 km²
    Unnamed island0.46 km²
    Unnamed island0.44 km²
    Uruguay Island0.42 km²
    Unnamed island0.42 km²
    Galindez Island0.39 km²
    Brown Island0.36 km²
    Guido Island0.35 km²
    Friar Island0.35 km²
    Unnamed island0.34 km²
    Unnamed island0.31 km²
    Unnamed island0.31 km²
    Unnamed island0.31 km²
    Unnamed island0.3 km²
    Unnamed island0.29 km²
    Unnamed island0.28 km²
    Unnamed island0.27 km²
    Irizar Island0.26 km²
    Unnamed island0.25 km²
    Unnamed island0.24 km²
    Host Island0.24 km²
    Sooty Rock0.23 km²
    Unnamed island0.22 km²
    Splitwind Island0.21 km²
    Winter Island0.2 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Lobel Island0.19 km²
    Mitin island0.19 km²
    Unnamed island0.18 km²
    Unnamed island0.18 km²
    Bodloperka Island0.17 km²
    Unnamed island0.17 km²
    Unnamed island0.17 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Grotto Island0.16 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Prior Island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Corner Island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Cholet Island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Forge Islands0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Black Island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.06 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Detour Island0.04 km²
    Leopard Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Rallier Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Thiébault Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Prevot Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Hart Miller Island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Quintana Island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Maranga Island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    The Buttons0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Heed Rock0.01 km²
    Charlat Island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Indicator Island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Lumus Rock0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Lisboa Island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Bergel Rock0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Mazzeo Island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Groups within

    6

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs