Bloor Reef
| Bloor Reef | ||
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| Waters | Right Whale Bay | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 1 ′ S , 37 ° 41 ′ W | |
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The Bloor Reef is a reef that dries out at low tide off the northeast coast of South Georgia . It is in front of Binder Beach at the head of Right Whale Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the reef in 1977 after Able Seaman Vincent Thomas Bloor (* 1933) of the Royal Navy , who was involved in the survey of Right Whale Bay in April 1961.
Web links
- Bloor Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bloor Reef on geographic.org (English)