Norris Reef
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 24 ′ S , 3 ° 17 ′ E | |
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The Norris Reef ( Norwegian Norrisrevet ) is a rocky reef near the west coast of Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic . It is located 800 m southwest of Cape Circoncision .
The first mapping was made in 1898 by participants in the Valdivia expedition (1898–1899) under the direction of the German zoologist Carl Chun . Another mapping was carried out in December 1927 during the Norvegia research voyage under Captain Harald Horntvedt (1879-1946). Hornvedt named the reef after the British sealer captain George Norris, who headed for Bouvet Island in 1825 with the ships Sprightly and Lively .
Web links
- Norris Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norris Reef on geographic.org (English)