Crystal Sound () is a

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between the southern part of the

Biscoe Islands Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier (named ''Serrano'' by Chile and ''Mitre'' by Argentina), Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending ...

and the coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee a ...

, with northern limit Cape Evensen to Cape Leblond and southern limit

Holdfast Point Holdfast Point () is both the northeast side of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord and the northwest side of the entrance to Chepra Cove on Pernik Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated about southwest of Cape Rey. It was mapped from air ph ...

Roux Island Roux Island is an island long, lying north of Arrowsmith Peninsula at the west side of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joi ...

, Liard Island and the Sillard Islands. It was so named by the

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in 1960 because many features in the sound are named for men who have undertaken research on the structure of

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. To the north of Crystal Sound, many geographical features are named after

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Geographic features in Crystal Sound

* Bragg Islands *

Shull Rocks Shull Rocks () is a chain of low snow-covered rocks and one small island, lying in Crystal Sound about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). Named ...

Pauling Islands Pauling Islands () is a separate group of islands lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Barcroft Islands The Barcroft Islands () are a group of small islands and rocks about in extent, lying close south of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islan ...

* Bernal Islands *

Levy Island Levy Island is an isolated snow-covered island in Crystal Sound, Antarctica, about east of Gagge Point, Lavoisier Island. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and surveys by the Falkland Isl ...

* Wollan Island * Davidson Island * Matsuyama Rocks * Fowler Islands * Dennison Reef * Nakaya Islands * Owston Islands * Kidd Islands *

McConnel Islands The McConnel Islands () are islands lying in Darbel Bay southeast of the Kidd Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956–57, and were na ...

* Stefan Ice Piedmont

References

* Sounds of Graham Land Landforms of the Biscoe Islands Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub