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Rauer Islands
Rauer
Islands
is 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
. He named them Rauer,
probably
after
the island
lying in
Oslofjorden
opposite
Tonsberg, Norway
.