Gergini reef
| Gergini reef | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 45 ′ S , 61 ° 31 ′ W | |
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The Gergini Reef ( Bulgarian риф Гергини rif Gergini ) is a triangular, rocky reef in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands that is visible at low tide . It extends in an east-west orientation over a length of 400 m and a width of 200 m off the northwest coast of Snow Island and is 0.45 km northwest of Byewater Point , 3.74 km southwest of Bizone Rock and 0.76 km west southwest of Korsis Island .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after the town of Gergini in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Gergini Reef in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)