Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
West Reef (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
West Reef (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Reef
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
WNW of Cape Lindsey, Elephant Island, with rocks awash, was roughly charted by Powell in 1822 and so named because it lies off the W entrance of Sealers Passage (Powell, chart, 1822a; SDUK, map, 1838; APC, 1974, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 6154 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Récif West (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). West Riff (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The reef was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.
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