Elephant Reef
| Elephant Reef | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| archipelago | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 7 ′ S , 73 ° 48 ′ E | |
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The Elephant Reef is a roughly 4.5 km long reef in the archipelago of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It lies within the eastern foothills of Heard Island and was created as a result of the erosion of the Elephant Spit .
It is named after the name of the Elephant Spit. This in turn is named after the elephant seals , which visit this spit in large numbers as a resting place.
Web links
- Elephant Reef in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)