Ruggles Island ( es, Isla Calista) is a small island, off
East Falkland in the
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...
. 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.
* In September 1860, 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.
In 1994 a small team of divers from Port Stanley- Dave Eynon, Mike Triggs, Simon Goss and Phil Rozee discovered the Luigrya lying in about 8 metres of water of the coast of Ruggles Island, its cargo of marble is still intact.
References
* Ewen Southby-Tailyour, ''Falkland Island Shores''.
Islands of the Falkland Islands
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