Deliverance Reef

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Deliverance Reef
Waters Mawson Lake
Geographical location 66 ° 13 ′  S , 110 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 13 ′  S , 110 ° 29 ′  E
Deliverance Reef (Antarctica)
Deliverance Reef
Map of the Northern Windmill Islands and Deliverance Reef (left of center)
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.

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