COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

separated from Graham Coast by Lemaire Channel, was discovered by GAE, 1873-74, in January 1874 and named Booth-Insel by PolarschifffahrtsGesellschaft of Hamburg, probably after Oskar Booth or Stanley Booth (or both), members of the Hamburg Geographical Society at that time ([Petermann], 1875a; map, 1875b); roughly charted as a new discovery by BeAE on 12 February 1898 and renamed Île Wandel, after Carl Frederick Wandel (1843-1930), Danish Arctic explorer and hydrographer, who assisted the expedition and supplied surplus equipment from the Danish Ingolf expeditions of 1895 and 1896 (Lecointe, chart, 1899; 1903, Carte 5). Wandel Island (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; Rymill and others, 1938, p.15). Wandel (Ar towski, 1901b, map facing p.464). Wandelinsel (Cook, 1903, p.88). Wandels Ön (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Wandel-Eiland (Ruys, 1905, p.114). In 1904 the island was recharted as GAE's original discovery by FAE, 1903-05, which wintered at Fran ais Cove (q.v.) on the N coast of the island, but to avoid confusion BeAE's name was retained (Charcot, 1906b, p.18). Wandell [sic] Island (Charcot, 1905c, p.463). Île Booth (Île Wandel) (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). Île Vandel [sic](Gourdon, 1908, p.26). Île Booth-Wandel (Charcot, 1908, map p.36). Isla Wandel (Riso-Patron S., 1908, end map). Isla Wandell (Gourdon, [1910], p.129). Booth(-)Wandel Island (Bruce, 1911, p.94; ICRD, 1920, map following p.4). Booth (Wandell) Island (BA, 1916, p.399). Wandel Öya (HA chart, 1927). Booth Island (BA chart 1240, 1.iii.1929; 3570, 5.i.1951; APC, 1955, p.6; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Île Booth (France. SHM, 1937, p.407). In April 1938 the UK Antarctic Names Sub-Committee decided to retain both names on BA charts (Rymill, 1938b). Booth Island (Wandel Island) (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400). Wandel Island (Booth Island) (USHO, 1943, p.135). Isla Booth-Wandell (Argentina. CNA, 1947, p.41). In 1949 APC approved the single name Booth Island. Isla Booth (Argentina. MM chart 107, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.209; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.50). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Wiencke Island on photograph, labelled in error, showing Booth Island (Mott, 1958a, p.426). Ostrov But (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Booth Wandle [sic] Island (Hardy, 1967, p.404). Isla Wanden [sic], as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.50).

Y-shaped island, 5 mi long and rising to 980 m, in the NE part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named by a German expedition under Dallmann 1873-74, probably for Oskar Booth or Stanley Booth, or both, members of the Hamburg Geographical Society at that time. The US-ACAN has rejected the name Wandel Island, applied by the BelgAE, 1897-99, in favor of the original naming.

Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Alemana de 1873-1874, al mando de Eduard Dallmann, la que le puso el nombre por el apellido de Oskar Booth, o de Stanley Booth, o de ambos, miembros de la Sociedad Geográfica de Hamburgo. El Comité Consultivo sobre Nombres Antárticos de los EE.UU., en su oportunidad, rechazó el nombre isla Wandel, que había sido puesto por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899 y prefirió el nombre original. En cartas antiguas figuró como isla Wandel, isla Wandell e isla Wanden; todos estos nombres han sido derogados en razón de que el aplicado por Dallmann es el más antiguo y el original. Es la mayor y la más importante de las islas Dannebrog. Mide 4,5 millas de largo y su extremo N está a 4,8 millas al SW del cabo Renard. Está separada de la costa occidental de Tierra de O'Higgins por el canal Lemaire.

Largest island of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Inseln (Wilhelm Archipelago), about 10 km SW of Cape Renard, Graham Land, W side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1873/74 under Captain Eduard Dallmann (1830-1896).

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 7 km NNE of Pythagoras Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after C.H.V. Selwood, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

L'Amiral Carl Wandel était Directeur du service hydrographique danois, et partecipa aux préparatifs de l'expédition belge 1897-1899.