Active Reef

Active Reef is an isolated reef lying in the Firth of Tay, just off the north coast of Dundee Island, amongst the Joinville Island Group.

The reef was discovered and named by Thomas Robertson, master of the barque Active, one of the ships of the Dundee Whaling Expedition of 1892–93. The Active ran onto this reef during a gale on 10 January 1893, and lay there for six hours before she could be got off.

The Active also gives its name to Active Sound.

The reef was re-identified and surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Hope Bay in 1953-54.

Location

• Location map: 63°24’-0"S, 55°51’58"W

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Active Reef