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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. Marchinb ...) * 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 van Diepen (born 1966), Dutch radio host * Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899–1944), German military commander and member of the German Resistance *Wessel Gansfort (1419–1489), Dutch theologian and early humanist *, Dutch poet, winner of the 1996 Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize * 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 Jacobus Wessels (1865–1945), Boer general * 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 * Birgit Wessel (1911–2000), Norwegian textile ... [...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. European exploration and naming The islands were mapped and named by a Dutch expedition that sailed from Banda Neira to explore the coasts of New Guinea and the South Land following up on discoveries made in 1623 by Jan Carstensz and Willem van Colster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |