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

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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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Booth Island | 11 km² |
| Hovgaard Island | 7.4 km² |
| Knight Island | 1.4 km² |
| Reeve Island | 1.4 km² |
| Wednesday Island | 1.3 km² |
| Sinclair Island | 1.1 km² |
| Petermann Island | 0.98 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.98 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.87 km² |
| Manciple Island | 0.73 km² |
| Miller Island | 0.59 km² |
| Skua Island | 0.54 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.52 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.46 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.44 km² |
| Uruguay Island | 0.42 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.42 km² |
| Galindez Island | 0.39 km² |
| Brown Island | 0.36 km² |
| Guido Island | 0.35 km² |
| Friar Island | 0.35 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.34 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.31 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.31 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.31 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.29 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.28 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.27 km² |
| Irizar Island | 0.26 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.25 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.24 km² |
| Host Island | 0.24 km² |
| Sooty Rock | 0.23 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.22 km² |
| Splitwind Island | 0.21 km² |
| Winter Island | 0.2 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.19 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.19 km² |
| Lobel Island | 0.19 km² |
| Mitin island | 0.19 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.18 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.18 km² |
| Bodloperka Island | 0.17 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.17 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.17 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.16 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.16 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.16 km² |
| Grotto Island | 0.16 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.15 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.15 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.14 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.14 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.14 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Prior Island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Corner Island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Cholet Island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Forge Islands | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Black Island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Detour Island | 0.04 km² |
| Leopard Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Rallier Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Thiébault Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Prevot Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Hart Miller Island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Quintana Island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Maranga Island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| The Buttons | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Heed Rock | 0.01 km² |
| Charlat Island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Indicator Island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Lumus Rock | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Lisboa Island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Bergel Rock | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Mazzeo Island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Groups within
Photographs

Lemaire Channel, Antarctica

Скеля поблизу острова Фанфари з групи Аргентинських островів, яку запропоновано назвати ім'ям Михайла Данилишина. Фото Івана Парнікози, 2022 р.

Hovgaard Island. Wilhelm Archipelago. Antarctic Peninsula

Peterman Island, eine kleine Insel vor der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Die unbewohnte Groussac-Hütte wird gelegentlich von der Besatzung der nahegelegenen Forschungsstation Vernadsky benutzt.

The environs around Antarctica's Winter Island and Wordie House in late summer. You can see Wordie House in the middle bottom left region of the image.

Ice

Ice

Pleneau Island. Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula

Yalour Islands on the left and Argentine Islands on the right. On the center, Grandidier Channel

Biologist of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition takes water samples from a freshwater lake on the island of Irizar

Biologist of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition, Dr. Serhii Yermolenko takes water samples from a freshwater lake on the island of Uruguay
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Lemaire Channel, Antarctica (6062820634). Liam Quinn from Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Danylyshyn-rock-2022. Parnikoza / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hovgaard Island. Butterfly voyages - Serge Ouachée / CC BY-SA 3.0
- 00 2296 Petermann Island (Antarctic Peninsula) - Groussac Cottage. W. Bulach / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Antarctica's Winter Island in Panorama. owamux / CC BY 2.0
- Ice (8387544016). Christopher Michel / CC BY 2.0
- Ice (8387545122). Christopher Michel / CC BY 2.0
- Pleneau Island. Butterfly voyages - Serge Ouachée / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yalour and Argentina Islands. Butterfly voyages - Serge Ouachée / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wide of the Edge of Winter Island. owamux / CC BY 2.0
- Biologist of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition takes water samples from a freshwater lake on the island of Irizar. Oleksandr Bogomaz / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Biologist of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition takes water samples from a freshwater lake on Uruguay Island. Oleksandr Bogomaz / CC BY-SA 4.0