Swash Reef
| Swash Reef | ||
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| Waters | Bigourdan Fjord | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 50 ′ S , 67 ° 22 ′ W | |
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The Swash Reef (from English swash , splash, 'spill ) is a reef off the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately north of the Pourquoi-Pas Island .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs from 1956 to 1959. They named the reef because it is washed over by the sea.
Web links
- Swash Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Swash Reef on geographic.org (English)