Owston Islands

Owston Islands (66°23′S 66°6′W / 66.383°S 66.100°W / -66.383; -66.100Coordinates: 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.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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