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