Booth Island

Booth Island (or Wandel Island) is a rugged, Y-shaped island, 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and rising to 980 m (3,215 ft) off the northwest coast of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica in the northeastern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. Booth Island is located at 65°4′48″S 64°0′0″W. Discovered and named by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann 1873–74, 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—in honour of Danish polar explorer and hydrographer Carl Frederick Wandel, 1897–99, in favor of the original naming. The narrow passage between the island and the mainland is the scenic Lemaire Channel.

Booth Island
Icebergs and Booth Island
Booth Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°4′48″S 64°0′0″W
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Length8 km (5 mi)
Highest elevation980 m (3220 ft)
Highest pointWandel Peak
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The highest point of the island is 980-metre (3,215 ft) Wandel Peak. Damien Gildea called it "one of the most challenging unclimbed objectives on the Antarctic Peninsula". On 15 February 2006 the peak was reached by a group of Spanish alpinists, who still avoided the last 10–15 metres (32.8–49.2 ft) of the mushroomlike top.

Features

See also

References
  • Gildea, Damien (2003). Harlin (ed.). "Climbs and Expeditions: Antarctic Peninsula, Summary of Activities". American Alpine Journal. Vol. 77 no. 45. p. 335. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  • Tamayo, José Carlos (2006). Harlin, John III (ed.). "Antarctica, Antarctic Penninsula, Mt. Shackleton, South Face-West Ridge; Wandel Peak, North Ridge to Summit Mushroom". American Alpine Journal. Vol. 48 no. 80. Seattle: Mountaineers Books. p. 294. ISBN 1-933056-01-0. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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