Kianida Reef

Kianida Reef (Bulgarian: риф Кианида, romanized: rif Kianida, IPA: [ˈrif kiɐˈnidɐ]) is the 350 m long in east-west direction and 140 m wide, narrowing to the east rocky reef lying in Osogovo Bay, off the southeast extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. Its surface area is 4 ha.^[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[2]

Kianida Reef

Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	4 ha (9.9 acres)
Length	350 m (1150 ft)
Width	140 m (460 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Kianida Reef

The feature is named after the phantom island of Kianida or Cianeis off the Black Sea coast of Thrace, featured on a 1467 map by Nicolaus Germanus based on Claudius Ptolemy's Geography.^[1]

Location

Kianida Reef is located at 62°38′32″S 61°12′33″W, which is 440 m southwest of Radev Point, 1.65 km west-southwest of Astor Island and 3.5 km north-northwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

• Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992
• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands