Deliverance Reef
Deliverance Reef | ||
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Waters | Mawson Lake | |
Geographical location | 66 ° 13 ′ S , 110 ° 29 ′ E | |
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Map of the Northern Windmill Islands and Deliverance Reef (left of center) |
The Deliverance Reef is a rocky reef at a depth of at least 7.5 m off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is about 2.5 km long, 0.8 km wide and is located west of the Swain Islands and southeast of the Donovan Islands .
It was discovered by a Royal Australian Navy hydrographic surveyor during a research voyage conducted between 1992 and 1993. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the reef after the Deliverance , a boat used to survey the reef.
Web links
- Deliverance Reef in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)