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Bragg Islands
Bragg Island
The Bragg Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 13 km (7 nmi) north of Cape Rey, Graham Land. They were mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1958–59) and from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48).
Overview
The Bragg Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 13 km (7 nmi) north of Cape Rey, Graham Land. They were mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1958–59) and from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48). The group was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sir William H. Bragg, an English physicist who interpreted X-ray measurements to give the location of oxygen atoms in the structure of ice.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets8
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Rambler Island
- Area
- 0.52 km²
- High point
- 145 m
5 nautical miles (14 km) north of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). The name derives from association with Rambler Harbor which lies on the north side of the island.
Islets
- Unnamed island0.05 km²
- Unnamed island42 m · 0.05 km²
- Unnamed island35 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island71 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
Rocks & skerries
- Atom Rock—
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Rambler Island | 0.52 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |