Ruggles Island Isla Calista |
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Island | |
Ruggles Island shown within the Falkland Islands | |
Coordinates: 52°04′30″S 59°44′12″W / 52.07500°S 59.73667°WCoordinates: 52°04′30″S 59°44′12″W / 52.07500°S 59.73667°W | |
Country | Falkland Islands |
Time zone | FKST (UTC−3) |
If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively. |
Ruggles Island (Spanish: Isla Calista) 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.
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.