- Booth Island
Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped
island , 5mile s long and rising to 980 m, off thewest coast of theAntarctic Peninsula inAntarctica in the northeastern part of theWilhelm Archipelago . Booth Island is located at coord|65.08|S|64.0|W|. Discovered and named by a German expedition underEduard Dallmann 1873 -1874 , probably forOskar Booth or Stanley Booth, or both, members of the Hamburg Geographical Society at that time. TheAdvisory Committee on Antarctic Names has rejected the name "Wandel Island", applied by theBelgian Antarctic Expedition ,1897 -1899 , in favor of the original naming. The narrow passage between the island and the mainland is the scenicLemaire Channel .The highest point of the island is 980-meter Wandel Peak,
as of 2003 still unattained despite several attempts;Damien Gildea called it "one of the most challenging unclimbed objectives on the Antarctic Peninsula".See also
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List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands External links
* [http://gisdata.usgs.gov/website/antarctic_research_atlas/viewer.htm Atlas of Antarctic Research, U.S. Geological Survey]
References
* Damien Gildea, "Climbs and Expeditions: Antarctic Peninsula", "
American Alpine Journal " vol. 45 no. 77 (2003) p. 335
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