Norris Reef
Norris Reef is a reef lying close off the western shore of the island of Bouvetøya, 0.5 nautical miles southwest of Cape Circoncision. First charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun.- Reef
- Description: naming and charting
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horntvedt Glacier and Mosbytoppane.
Horntvedt Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica.
Mosbytoppane
Peak
Mosbytoppane, are two crags to the southwest of the caldera of the island of Bouvetøya. Mosbytoppane is situated 3 km southeast of Norris Reef.
Posadowsky Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. Posadowsky Glacier is situated 3 km east of Norris Reef.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.
Cape Circoncision
Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island.
Cape Valdivia
Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Cape Valdivia is situated 5 km east of Norris Reef.
Norris Reef
- Category: landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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Latitude
-54.405° or 54° 24′ 18″ south
Longitude
3.27778° or 3° 16′ 40″ east
Open location code
3FQ5H7VH+X4
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Norris Reef” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Norris Reef (kagaangan sa Bouvet Island)”
- Cebuano: “Norris Reef”
- German: “Norris-Riff”
- German: “Norrisrevet”
- Japanese: “ノリス岩礁”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norrisrevet”
- Swedish: “Norris Reef (rev i Bouvetön)”
- Swedish: “Norrisrevet”
- Turkish: “Norris Reef”
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