Beveridge Reef
 Looking north across the lagoon | |
 Interactive map of Beveridge Reef | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Exclusion Zone 5 |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
Beveridge Reef (Niuean: Nukutulueatama) is an unpopulated coral atoll located in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Niue. It has been the cause of several fishing boats running aground or sinking.
The reef is about 147 miles (237 km) from Niue and 520 miles (840 km) from the Cook Islands.[1][2][3] The reef is normally submerged,[4] with a small part visible at low tide.[1][5]
Wrecks
[edit]The reef is the site of at least six shipwrecks:[6]
- Nicky Lou (USA), a large fishing trawler wrecked on the east side of the reef in 1992[10]
- Liberty (NZ), a small fishing vessel wrecked inside the lagoon on the east side in 2007[11]
- Avanti (BVI), a catamaran wrecked beside the Liberty on the east side of the lagoon in 2017[12]
- Chuan I Shin (TWN), a large longline fishing trawler wrecked on the south end of the reef in 2022[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 South Pacific Commission (1992). The South Pacific Commission Fisheries Newsletter.
- ↑ John Robert Victor Prescott; Grant Boyes (2000). Undelimited Maritime Boundaries in the Pacific Ocean Excluding the Asian Rim. IBRU. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-897643-39-6.
- ↑ "National Geographic Society Newsroom". Archived from the original on October 7, 2016.
- ↑ A. G. Findlay (28 March 2013). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc.: From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia. Cambridge University Press. p. 805. ISBN 978-1-108-05973-2.
- ↑ P. J. Dalzell; G. L. Preston; SPC Fisheries Programme (1992). Deep Reef Slope Fishery Resources of the South Pacific : a summary and analysis of the dropline fishing survey data generated by the activities of the SPC Fisheries Programme between 1974 and 1988. South Pacific Commission.
- ↑ Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1907). In the Strange South Seas. Hutchinson & Company. p. 183.
Beveridge Reef wreck.
- ↑ "Papers Past". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ "Newspaper".
- ↑ The Seamen's Journal. Sailors' Union of the Pacific. 1919.
- ↑ Borgese, Elisabeth Mann; Ginsburg, Norton Sydney (September 1990). Ocean Yearbook. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06611-0.
- ↑ Sv-footprint (2017-09-05). "SV Footprint (Begonia): Beveridge Reef (Niue)". SV Footprint (Begonia). Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ Haro, Alexander (2017-08-28). "Family Crashes Vessel on Beveridge Reef". The Inertia. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ Aotearoa, RNZ | Te Reo Irirangi o (2024-10-10). "Manawanui surveyed wreck of 'suspicious' Taiwanese fishing vessel in Niue". RNZ. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
External links
[edit]- Beveridge Reef by Wolfgang Schippke
- Geography and geology of Niue
- Exploring new frontiers off Niue, Skin Diver Online
20°00′S 167°48′W / 20.000°S 167.800°W
 | This Niuean location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |