Fowler Islands

The Fowler Islands (66°25′S 66°26′W / 66.417°S 66.433°W / -66.417; -66.433Coordinates: 66°25′S 66°26′W / 66.417°S 66.433°W / -66.417; -66.433) are a group of small islands lying between the Bernal Islands and the Bragg Islands in Crystal Sound, off the coast of Antarctica. They were mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1958–59). They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sir Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944),[1] an English physicist, joint author with J.D. Bernal of a classic paper in 1933 on the structure of ice which suggested the location of the hydrogen atoms[2] now known as the ice rules.

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  1. ↑ "Fowler Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ↑ Bernal, J. D.; Fowler, R. H. (1 January 1933). "A Theory of Water and Ionic Solution, with Particular Reference to Hydrogen and Hydroxyl Ions". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 1 (8): 515. Bibcode:1933JChPh...1..515B. doi:10.1063/1.1749327.

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