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Rauer Islands

Coordinates: 68°51′S 77°50′E / 68.850°S 77.833°E / -68.850; 77.833
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Rauer Islands, 1974, Australian Antarctic Division

The Rauer Islands (68°51′S 77°50′E / 68.850°S 77.833°E / -68.850; 77.833) are a group of rocky coastal islands which lie between Sorsdal Glacier Tongue and Ranvik Bay, in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. Discovered and roughly charted in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Klarius Mikkelsen (see Caroline Mikkelsen). He named them Rauer, probably after the island lying in Oslofjorden opposite Tønsberg, Norway.

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