Wakefield Reef
Wakefield Reef is a reef, 0.5 nautical miles across, lying 2.5 nautical miles west-southwest of Cape Arkona, off the southwest side of Heard Island. The existence of a reef in this area is noted on an unpublished American sealer's map of "Hurds Island"…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan.
Cape Arkona
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Cape Arkona is a rocky headland between the mouths of Lied Glacier and Gotley Glacier on the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Cape Arkona is situated 6 km east of Wakefield Reef.
Cape Labuan
Locality
Cape Labuan is a rocky point midway between Cape Arkona and Lavett Bluff, forming the southwest extremity of Heard Island. It was charted in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named after HMAS Labuan, a relief ship for the expedition. Cape Labuan is situated 10 km east of Wakefield Reef.
Wakefield Reef
- Type: Reef
- Description: reef in Australia
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Wakefield Reef” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wakefield Reef”
- German: “Wakefield-Riff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wakefield Reef”
- Swedish: “Wakefield Reef”
- Turkish: “Wakefield Reef”
- Turkish: “Wakefield Resifi”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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