Name details

Wilhelm Archipelago

Wilhelm Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wilhelm Archipelago  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111942

Feature type: Archipelago

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

consists of all islands and rocks N and W of Graham Coast, S of Bismarck Strait and N of Southwind Passage, lying between Palmer Archipelago and Biscoe Islands, extending W to Lumus Rock and including from N to S Wauwermans Islands, Dannebrog Islands, Myriad Islands, Booth Island, Hovgaard Island, Vedel Islands, Petermann Island, Roca Islands, Cruls Islands, Anagram Islands, Argentine Islands, Jalour Islands, Betbeder Islands (q.v.) and offliers. The W islands of the archipelago were sighted by Bis- coe in February 1832 (Biscoe, 1830-33b; 1901, p.332). The archipelago was roughly charted by GAE, 1873-74, in January 1874 and named Kaiser Wilhelm Inseln after Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918 (Petermann, map, 1875b; Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Emperor William Islands (Markham, 1885, Pl. 2). Kaiser Wilhelm Islands (Larsen, 1894b; Bartholomew, map, 1898a). Île Empereur Guillaume (Lecointe, map, 1899). Emperor William Island [sic] (Cook, 1900, map p.xx). King William Archipelago, King William Islands (Arçtowski, 1901b, p.368). Îles du Kaiser Wilhelm (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). Archipel des Îles Kaiser-Wilhelm (Charcot, 1910, p.47). Archipel du Kaiser Wilhelm (Matha and Rey, 1911, p.31). Keiser Wilhelm Öer, Kaiser Wilhelmgruppen, Keiser Wilhelmøene (Aagaard, 1930, end map; 1931). Kaiser Wilhelm II Islands (USHO, 1943, p.135). Keiser Wilhelmgruppen (Aagaard, 1947, p.963). The N islands in the archipelago were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Keizer Wilhelm Eilanden (Knapp, 1958, p.577). Wilhelm Archipelago ([all islands N and W of Graham Coast, between Cape Renard and Cape Tuxen, S of Bismarck Strait and extending W to Lumus Rock] APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960; [as now defined] 29.xi.1974; APC, 1975, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 08' 00.0" S
-65.13333°
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Longitude:
64° 20' 00.0" W
-64.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

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