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Norris Reef

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Norris Reef is a reef lying close off the western shore of Bouvet Island, about 0.5 nautical miles southwest of Cape Circoncision, in the South Atlantic. It was first charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun and recharted in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt, who named it for the British sealing captain George Norris, commander of the sealers Sprightly and Lively on a visit to Bouvet Island in 1825. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Oceanography via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Norris Reef
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Source Wikidata: Norris Reef
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Norris Reef (Wikipedia)
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Norris Reef (54°25′S 3°20′E) is a reef lying close off the western shore of the island of Bouvetøya, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Cape Circoncision.
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Wikidata Q12717289, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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