Rongel Reef
| Rongel Reef | ||
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| Waters | Emona anchorage | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 ′ S , 60 ° 24 ′ W | |
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The Rongel Reef ( Bulgarian риф Ронжел rif Rongel ) is a narrow and crescent-shaped reef off the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It extends in a northeast-southwest orientation over a length of 600 m off the northwest bank of the Emona Anchorage in the east of the island. When the tide is low, the rocks at the northeastern end protrude up to 3 m out of the water. The center of the reef is located 2.85 km north-northwest of Cape Hesperides , 3.12 km west of Aleko Rock and 3.35 km east-northeast of Ereby Point .
The reef corresponding to a moraine was created by receding glacier ice . The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 1996 after the Brazilian ship Ary Rongel , which had logistically supported Bulgarian scientists in their work.
Web links
- Rongel Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rongel Reef on geographic.org (English)