Filippo Reef is a reef that is asserted to be in the Pacific Ocean at , east of
Starbuck Island
Starbuck Island (or Volunteer Island) is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific, and is part of the Central Line Islands of Kiribati. Former names include "Barren Island", "Coral Queen Island", "Hero Island", "Low Island", and " ...
in the
Line Islands. The reef was reported by the master of the Italian barque ''
Filippo'' as having been seen on 28 June 1886. From an unidentified report of
breakers dated 1926, it was estimated to have a water depth of only , and appeared to be about long northwest to southeast, and less in width.
The only sighting referenced shows a date of 1926. The topographic data supplied by the
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is a publicly available bathymetric chart of the world's oceans. The project was conceived with the aim of preparing a global series of charts showing the general shape of the seafloor. Over the ...
(GEBCO), however, shows a sea depth of . It is therefore likely that this 1926 report is an error, and that Filippo Reef is a
phantom island, and that therefore any maps showing it are relying on the 1926 report and are also in error.
Nevertheless, it is marked in the 2015 edition of the ''National Geographic Atlas of the World''.
See also
*
List of reefs
This is an incomplete list of notable reefs.
Reefs
See also
*Fringing reef
*Recreational dive sites
*Recreational diving
*Southeast Asian coral reefs
*''The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
''The Structure and Distribution of Cor ...
References
Line Islands
Reefs of the Pacific Ocean
Seamounts of the Pacific Ocean
Phantom islands
Reefs of Kiribati
Line Islands (Kiribati)
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