Kianida Reef
Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
Kianida Reef is located in Antarctica
Kianida Reef
Kianida Reef
Location of Kianida Reef
Kianida Reef is located in South Shetland Islands
Kianida Reef
Kianida Reef
Kianida Reef (South Shetland Islands)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W / 62.64222°S 61.20917°W / -62.64222; -61.20917
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area4 ha (9.9 acres)
Length350 m (1150 ft)
Width140 m (460 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Kianida Reef

Kianida Reef (Bulgarian: риф Кианида, romanized: rif Kianida, IPA: [ˈrif kiɐˈnidɐ]) is the 350 m long in east-west direction and 140 m wide, narrowing to the east rocky reef lying in Osogovo Bay, off the southeast extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. Its surface area is 4 ha.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after the phantom island of Kianida or Cianeis off the Black Sea coast of Thrace, featured on a 1467 map by Nicolaus Germanus based on Claudius Ptolemy's Geography.[1]

Location

Kianida Reef is located at 62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W / 62.64222°S 61.20917°W / -62.64222; -61.20917, which is 440 m southwest of Radev Point, 1.65 km west-southwest of Astor Island and 3.5 km north-northwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kianida Reef. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28.

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


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