[1][2] This nunatak is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, Vice Admiral Carl Frederick Wandel (1843-1930).
Wandel Land is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago.
To the north, Greenland ice sheet drains into Alison Bay via Nunatakassaup Sermia glacier.
[1] To the southwest, the nunatak is bounded by the iceberg-choked Alison Bay, while a small inlet of the latter, Iterlassuaq, separates Wandel Land from another, smaller nunatak in the southeast.
Alison Bay separates Wandel Land from a large Kiatassuaq Island in the southwest.