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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Horntvedt Glacier and Mosbytoppane.
Horntvedt Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Bouvet Island.
Mosbytoppane
Peak
Mosbytoppane, are two crags to the southwest of the caldera of the island of Bouvetøya. The tallest is a snow-covered peak 670 meters above mean sea level and 1.3 kilometers northeast of Norvegiaodden. Mosbytoppane is situated 3 km southeast of Norris Reef.
Posadowsky Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Bouvet Island. Posadowsky Glacier is situated 3 km east of Norris Reef.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.
Cape Circoncision
Locality
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Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. 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.
Cape Valdivia
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway. Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. Cape Valdivia is situated 5 km east of Norris Reef.
Norris Reef
- Type: Reef
- Description: naming and charting
- Category: landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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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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