Ruggles Island
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Ruggles Island is a small island, off East Falkland
in the Falkland Islands
. To its east is Ruggles Bay, which forms the coast of Lafonia
on East Falkland. It is just north of Speedwell Island
.
The island has a couple of wrecks off it.
East Falkland
East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of and a coastline long. Most of the population of the Falklands live in East Falkland, almost all of them living in the northern half of the island...
in the Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
. To its east is Ruggles Bay, which forms the coast of Lafonia
Lafonia
Lafonia is a peninsula forming the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands.-Geography and geology:Shaped like the letter "E", it is joined to the northern part of the island by a 1.5-mile narrow isthmus; were this isthmus to be severed, Lafonia would be the third...
on East Falkland. It is just north of Speedwell Island
Speedwell Island
Speedwell Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the Falkland Sound, southwest of Lafonia, East Falkland....
.
The island has a couple of wrecks off it.
- In September 1874, the US clipper Sea Ranger went under here.
- In September 1885, the Italian ship Luigrya went down here, with a hold full of marble statues, which it is said in local folklore can still be seen under the water.