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3-828: Owston Islands ( 66°23′S 66°6′W  /  66.383°S 66.100°W  / -66.383; -66.100 ) is a group of small islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Darbel Islands in Crystal Sound . Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for P. G. Owston , British crystallographer who has interpreted x-ray diffraction work on ice in terms of structure and movement of molecules. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Owston Islands" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .   [REDACTED] This Graham Coast location article

6-451: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Darbel Islands The Darbel Islands ( 66°23′S 65°58′W  /  66.383°S 65.967°W  / -66.383; -65.967 ) are a group of islands and rocks extending southwest from Cape Bellue for 5 nautical miles (9 km) across the entrance to Darbel Bay , off the west coast of Graham Land . They were charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on

9-617: The Discovery II and named Marin Darbel Islands after the bay in which they were found. Both names have since been shortened by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee . [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Darbel Islands" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Loubet Coast location article

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