Hauge Reef is a chain of islands and rocks extending in an east-northeast direction from the eastern extremity of
Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island is an island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, to the west of the main island of South Georgia. The Pickersgill Islands are to its southeast. It is irregularly shaped and long and high, lying off the south-cent ...
to a point about west-southwest of
Cape Darnley,
South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...
. It was first charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen ( – ) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He participated in the first Russi ...
. The reef was surveyed by the
South Georgia Survey
The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957.
Although South Georgia had been commercially exploited as a whaling station during the first half of t ...
(SGS), 1951–52, and named for Captain
Ole Hauge
OLE, Ole or Olé may refer to:
* Olé, a cheering expression used in Spain
* Ole (name), a male given name, includes a list of people named Ole
* Overhead lines equipment, used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains
Co ...
, of the sealer ''Albatros'', whose knowledge of the coasts of South Georgia was of great assistance to the SGS.
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See also
*Hauge Strait
Hauge Strait () is a strait wide between Cape Darnley and the northeast end of Hauge Reef, off the south coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Co ...
*Low Reef
Low Reef () is a reef extending for from the east end of Annenkov Island, which lies off South Georgia in the South Atlantic. The name "Low Rock" appeared on a 1931 Admiralty chart for the northeastern rock of this reef. The South Georgia Survey, ...
*Pillow Rock
Pillow Rock () is an insular rock forming the easternmost element of Hauge Reef, lying 3.3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Cape Darnley, South Georgia. So named following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work, 1975–76, from the pillo ...
References
Reefs of Antarctica
Geography of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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