Ruggles Island ( es, Isla Calista) is a small island, off
East Falkland
East Falkland ( es, Isla Soledad) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of or 54% of the total area of the Falklands. The island consists of two main land masses, of which the more southerly is known as La ...
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 Dubouze ...
. 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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