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Owston Islands () is a group of small islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Darbel Islands in
Crystal Sound Crystal Sound () is a sound in Antarctica between the southern part of the Biscoe Islands and the coast of Graham Land, with northern limit Cape Evensen to Cape Leblond and southern limit Holdfast Point, Roux Island, Liard Island and the Sil ...
. Mapped from surveys by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(FIDS) (1958–59). Named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(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 Islands of Graham Land Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub