Semla Reef
| Semla Reef | ||
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| Waters | Queen Maud Bay | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 15 ′ S , 37 ° 26 ′ W | |
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The Semla Reef is a 1.5 km long rocky reef off the south coast of South Georgia . It is on the south side of the entrance to Queen Maud Bay .
It was mapped by the South Georgia Survey during its 1951-1957 survey campaign. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the reef in 1958 after the whaling ship semla the South Georgia Whaling Company in Leith Harbor .
Web links
- Semla Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Semla Reef on geographic.org (English)