Kianida Reef facts for kids
Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
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 Kianida Reef
Location in Antarctica
Kianida Reef
Location in South Shetland Islands
Location of Kianida Reef
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W / 62.64222°S 61.20917°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 4 ha (9.9 acres) |
| Length | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Width | 140 m (460 ft) |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kianida Reef (which is called rif Kianida in Bulgarian) is a rocky area in the ocean. It's about 350 meters long and 140 meters wide. That's like three and a half football fields long! This reef is located near Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. These islands are part of Antarctica.
The name "Kianida" comes from an old story. It's named after a "phantom island" called Kianida or Cianeis. A phantom island is an island that people thought existed but was never found. This name appeared on a map from 1467! Long ago, in the early 1800s, people who hunted seals visited this area.
Where is Kianida Reef?
Kianida Reef is found in a place called Osogovo Bay. It's off the southeast tip of Rugged Island. Its exact location is 62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W / 62.64222°S 61.20917°W.
It's about 440 meters southwest of a spot called Radev Point. It's also about 1.65 kilometers west-southwest of Astor Island. And it's 3.5 kilometers north-northwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island. Experts from Spain made detailed maps of this area in 1992. Bulgarian experts also mapped it in 2009 and 2017.
Maps of the Area
You can find Kianida Reef on these maps:
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. This is a topographic map at a scale of 1:120000. It was made in 2010.
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. This is another topographic map, at a scale of 1:100000. It was made in 2017.
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 | Pauline Powell Burns |
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