Gergini Reef (Bulgarian: риф Гергини, ‘Rif Gergini’ \'rif ger-'gi-ni\) is the triangular flat and rocky low-tide elevation off the northwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends 400 m in east–west direction and is 210 m wide. The feature is named after the settlement of Gergini in Northern Bulgaria.

Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Location

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Gergini Reef is centred at 62°44′58″S 61°30′55″W / 62.74944°S 61.51528°W / -62.74944; -61.51528, which is 450 m northwest of Byewater Point, 3.74 km southwest of Bizone Rock and 760  m WSW of Korsis Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.