Diana Reef

Diana Reef

Diana Reef (63°26′S 56°11′W / 63.433°S 56.183°W / -63.433; -56.183) is an isolated reef lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of D'Urville Monument, Joinville Island, in Active Sound. Roughly surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1954. Named in 1956 by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Diana (Robert Davidson, master), one of the ships of the Dundee whaling expedition which visited the Joinville Island area in 1892-93.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Diana Reef" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).