Williams Reef

Williams Reef is a reef which extends southward for about 0.5 nautical miles from in the island of . The reef was charted in 1898 by a German expedition in the Valdivia under Carl Chun.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Valdivia and Cape Circoncision.

Locality
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is the northernmost point on in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by . lies in the centre of the island's highest point. is situated 8 km northwest of Williams Reef.

Locality
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is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic . The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. is situated 10 km northwest of Williams Reef.

Williams Reef

Latitude
-54.44861° or 54° 26′ 55″ south
Longitude
3.41833° or 3° 25′ 6″ east
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
Open location code
3FQ5HC29+H8
Geo­Names ID
3371096
Wiki­data ID
Q8021089
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Williams Reef” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Williams Reef (kagaangan sa Bouvet Island)”
  • Cebuano: “Williams Reef”
  • German: “Williams-Riff”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズ岩礁”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Williamsrevet”
  • Swedish: “Williams Reef (rev i Bouvetön)”
  • Turkish: “Williams Reef”

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