Chaos Reef

Chaos Reef
Chaos Reef
Location of Chaos Reef
Chaos Reef
Chaos Reef (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′50.6″S 59°46′11″W / 62.364056°S 59.76972°W / -62.364056; -59.76972
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Chaos Reef is an area of breakers and turbulent water created by a series of underwater shoals in the north extremity of the Aitcho Islands group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour. Following a survey by the 1949 Chilean Antarctic Expedition, the feature was resurveyed and descriptively named from HMS Protector in 1967.