Wauwermans Islands
Wauwermans Islands is a group of small, low, snow-covered islands forming the northernmost group in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by a German expedition 1873–74, under Dallmann.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Island group in Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Wanwermans, Iles” and “Wauwermans, islas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Friar Island and Prevot Island.
Friar Island
Islet
Friar Island is an island lying immediately northeast of Manciple Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952, but not named.
Prevot Island
Islet
Prevot Island is a small rocky island 0.5 nautical miles northeast of Miller Island, forming the northernmost of the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Prevot Island is situated 2½ km southwest of Wauwermans Islands.
Reeve Island
Island
Reeve Island is an island 1.5 nautical miles long, lying between Knight and Friar islands in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. Reeve Island is situated 2½ km west of Wauwermans Islands.
Wauwermans Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wauwermans Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wauwermans”
- Chinese: “沃沃曼斯群島”
- Dutch: “Wauwermans Islands”
- French: “îles Wauwermans”
- French: “Îles Wauwermans”
- German: “Wauwermans-Inseln”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wauwermans Islands”
- Polish: “Wauwermans Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Wauwermans”
- Spanish: “Wauwermans, Islas”
- Swedish: “Wauwermans Islands”
- Swedish: “Wauwermans”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Squire Island and Manciple Island.
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