Beveridge Reef ( Niuean: ''Nukutulueatama'') is a mostly submerged, unpopulated

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most ...

located in the

Exclusive Economic Zone An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine natural resource, reso ...

Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...

. It has been the cause of several fishing boats running aground or sinking.

Characteristics

The Beveridge Reef is a coral atoll that is approximately 147 miles (237 km) from Niue and 520 miles (840 km) from the Cook Islands. The

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...

is normally submerged, with a small part visible at low tide.

Wrecks

The reef is the site of frequent

shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. It results from the event of ''shipwrecking'', which may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately thre ...

s: *in 1918, the schooner James H. Bruce, *the ''Nicky Lou'' of Seattle, a fiberglass hulled fishing vessel that ran aground on the reef, can be seen on the reef. *in 2017, the catamaran Avanti.

References

External links

Beveridge Reef by Wolfgang Schippke

''Exploring new frontiers off Niue'', Skin Diver Online
Former islands Landforms of Niue Reefs of the Pacific Ocean Reefs of Oceania {{Niue-geo-stub

Characteristics

Wrecks

See also

References

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