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 partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...

located in the Exclusive Economic Zone of

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

. 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 processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock o ...

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

Wrecks

The reef is the site of frequent shipwrecks: *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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