Baktriana Reef | |
Map: | Antarctica#South Shetland Islands |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.7643°N -61.5606°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Area Ha: | 0.33 |
Length M: | 360 |
Width M: | 40 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty |
Baktriana Reef (bg|риф Бактриана|rif Baktriana, pronounced as /bg/) is the 360 m long in east-west direction and 40 m wide flat and rocky low-tide elevation off the west coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its surface area is 0.33 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling the two humps of a Bactrian camel (‘baktriana’ in Bulgarian).
Baktriana Reef lies in Boyd Strait at -62.7643°N -61.5606°W,[2] which is 2.96 km southwest of Byewater Point, 1.8 km northwest of Esteverena Point and 2.7 km north-northeast of Castle Rock. British mapping in 1968.