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Feature Name (see definition): Active Reef Feature Class (see definition): Bar Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 55 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 23' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 055° 52' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -55.8666667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Isolated reef lying in the Firth of Tay, just off the N coast of Dundee Island. Discovered and named by Thomas Robertson, master of the Active, one of the ships of the Dundee whaling expedition of 1892-93. The Active ran onto this reef during a gale on Jan. 10, 1893 and lay there for 6 hours before she could be gotten off. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Active Reef in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Active Reef information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Active Reef should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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