Gergini Reef
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Gergini Reef (Bulgarian: риф Гергини, ‘Rif Gergini’ \'rif ger-'gi-ni\) is the triangular flat and rocky low-tide elevation off the northwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends 400 m in east–west direction and is 210 m wide. The feature is named after the settlement of Gergini in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
[edit | edit source]Gergini Reef is centred at Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., which is 450 m northwest of Byewater Point, 3.74 km southwest of Bizone Rock and 760 m WSW of Korsis Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Maps
[edit | edit source]- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
References
[edit | edit source]- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Gergini Reef. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
[edit | edit source]- Gergini Reef. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.