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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

Gergini Reef is centred at 62°44′58″S 61°30′55″W, 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

• 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

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Gergini Reef. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Gergini Reef. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

На других языках

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[de] Gergini-Riff

Das Gergini-Riff (bulgarisch риф Гергини .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}rif Gergini) ist ein in der Aufsicht dreieckiges, felsiges und bei Niedrigwasser sichtbares Riff im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Es erstreckt sich in ost-westlicher Ausrichtung über eine Länge von 400 m und eine Breite von 200 m vor der Nordwestküste von Snow Island und liegt 0,45 km nordwestlich des Byewater Point, 3,74 km südwestlich des Bizone Rock sowie 0,76 km westsüdwestlich von Korsis Island.

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- [en] Gergini Reef

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