Kianida Reef
| Kianida Reef | ||
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| Waters | Osogovo Bay | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 39 ′ S , 61 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| Total land area | 0.04 km² | |
The Kianida reef ( Bulgarian риф Кианида rif Kianida ) is an east-west orientation 350 m long, maximum 140 m wide and 4 hectares large reef in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 440 m southwest of Radev Point , 1.65 km west-southwest of Astor Island and 3.5 km north-northwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island in Osogovo Bay off the southeastern extension of Rugged Island .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the phantom island Kianida ( synonym Cianeis ) off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast , which is recorded on a map by the cosmographer Donnus Nicolaus Germanus from 1467.
Web links
- Kianida Reef in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)