Nansen Reef
| Nansen Reef | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 18 ′ S , 36 ° 9 ′ W | |
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The Nansen Reef is a rocky reef off the north coast of South Georgia . It is 7 km east-southeast of Cape George at a depth of at least two meters.
It is named after the Norwegian whaling ship SS Fridtjof Nansen under captain Kristian Anderssen, which sank after a collision with the reef on November 10, 1906.
Web links
- Nansen Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nansen Reef on geographic.org (English)