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Bligh Island Reef

Bligh Reef, sometimes known as Bligh Island Reef, is a reef off the coast of in , . This was the location of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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  • Type: Reef
  • Description: Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska
  • Also known as: “Bligh Reef”

Bligh Island Reef

Latitude
60.84415° or 60° 50′ 39″ north
Longitude
-146.8778° or 146° 52′ 40″ west
Open location code
93GMR4VC+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 452633840
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Geo­Names ID
5857645
Wiki­data ID
Q2906582
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Satellite Map

Discover Bligh Island Reef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Bligh Island Reef” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bligh Reef”
  • Dutch: “Bligh Reef”
  • Finnish: “Bligh Reef”
  • French: “Bligh Reef”
  • Italian: “Bligh Reef”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bligh Island Reef”. Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.