Armstrong Reef
| Armstrong Reef | ||
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| Waters | Pendleton Strait | |
| archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 53 ′ S , 66 ° 14 ′ W | |
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The Armstrong Reef is a group of small islands and reef rocks off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend from the southwestern end of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands archipelago over a length of 8 km.
The reef is first recorded on an Argentine map from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the British geographer Terence Edward Armstrong (1920–1996), a recognized expert on sea ice .
Web links
- Armstrong Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Armstrong Reef on geographic.org (English)