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The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica .

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3-926: French Passage ( 65°10′S 64°20′W  /  65.167°S 64.333°W  / -65.167; -64.333 ) is a passage through the Wilhelm Archipelago , extending in a northwest–southeast direction between Petermann Island , the Stray Islands , the Vedel Islands and the Myriad Islands to the north and the Argentine Islands , the Anagram Islands , the Roca Islands , and the Cruls Islands to

6-723: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wilhelm Archipelago Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island . The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock , off the west coast of Graham Land . It was discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann , 1873–74. He named them for Wilhelm I , then German Emperor and King of Prussia. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Wilhelm Archipelago" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .   [REDACTED] This Wilhelm Archipelago location article

9-824: The south. It was so named by the British Graham Land Expedition , 1934–37, because the passage was navigated for the first time in 1909 by the Pourquoi-Pas? , the ship of the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Bradley Rock is an isolated rock which lies about 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of the entrance to French Passage. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "French Passage" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Wilhelm Archipelago location article

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