Booth Island from the south, Lemaire Channel barely visible on the right

Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped island, 5 miles long and rising to 980 m, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica in the northeastern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. Booth Island is located at 65.08° S 64.0° W. Discovered and named by a German expedition under Dallmann 1873-1874, probably for Oskar Booth or Stanley Booth, or both, members of the Hamburg Geographical Society at that time. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names has rejected the name Wandel Island, applied by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899, in favor of the original naming. The narrow passage between the island and the mainland is the scenic Lemaire Channel. Photo of Booth Island in Antarctica, taken February 2001 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Photo of Booth Island in Antarctica, taken February 2001 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... Booth Island and Mount Scott flank the narrow Lemaire Channel on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica. ... Booth Island from the south, Lemaire Channel barely visible on the right Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped island, 5 miles long and rising to 980 m, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica in the northeastern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. ... The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In the north entry of Lemaire Channel looking south, from the deck of the Hanseatic. ...

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". Categories: Antarctica geography stubs | Islands of Antarctica ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

The sub-antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica out of Antarctic Circle (66° 33 38). Antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean or in the seas around Antarctica inside of Antarctic Circle. ...

External link

Atlas of Antarctic Research, U.S. Geological Survey

Reference

• Damien Gildea, "Climbs and Expeditions: Antarctic Peninsula", American Alpine Journal vol. 45 no. 77 (2003) p. 335