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Wessel may refer to: * Wessel (name), including a list of people with the name * Wessel Islands, a group of islands forming part of the Northern Territory, Australia, named after the Dutch ship ''Wesel'' in 1636 ** Cape Wessel, the most northerly point of Rimbija Island (itself the northernmost of the Wessel Islands The Wessel Islands is a group of uninhabited islands in the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar ...) * Wessels plass, a square in Oslo, Norway {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessel (name)
Wessel is a diminutive of the given name Werner of Frisian, German, and Dutch origin. People with this name include: Given name * Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899-1944), German military commander and member of the German Resistance *Wessel Gansfort (1419-1489), Dutch theologian and early humanist * Wessel Myburgh (born 1990), Namibian cricketer *Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901), first president of the South African Republic * Wessel Roux (born 1975), South African rugby player *Wessel van Diepen (born 1966), Dutch radio host * Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 – 1990), Norwegian metaphysician, author, lawyer and mountaineer Surname * Andreas Wessel (1858–1940), Norwegian physician and politician * Bernhard Wessel (1936-2022), German football goalkeeper * Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, American (Iowa) politician * Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Dano-Norwegian mathematician who was the first person to describe the complex numbers * Christer Wessel (born 1943), Swedish curler * David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessel Islands
The Wessel Islands is a group of uninhabited islands in the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar Island is the largest of the group. Other islands include Elcho Island, Rimbija Island (the most outlying island), Guluwuru, Raragala, Stevens Island, Burgunngura, Djeergaree, Yargara, Drysdale Island, Jirrgari Island, Graham Island, Alger Island, Abbott Island, and Howard Island. Bumaga Island and Warnawi Island, both part of the Wessel Islands group, are also part of the Cunningham Islands. History The Wessel Islands constituted the homelands of the ''Nango'' or Yan-nhaŋu. Marchinbar coins In 1944, Australian soldier Morry Isenberg found nine coins buried in the sand one day while fishing when he was stationed on Marchinbar Island. In 1979 he sent these coins to be authenticated. Four of the coins were found to have come from the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
