Rivadeneyra Shoal

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1891 German map showing Rivadeneyra Shoal.

Rivadeneyra Shoal is a shoal or seamount in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Malpelo Island and Cocos Island. It was reported in October 1842 at the position Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a depth of 10 feet. It was unsuccessfully searched for by the British war vessels Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1854 and 1857 respectively, and by the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1885.

Sources

  • Findlay, Alexander George (1851). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean. London: Laurie, p 1054.
  • Great Britain Hydrographic Office (1860). South America Pilot: Including Magellan Strait, the Falkland and Galapagos Islands. Eyre and Spottiswoode, p 394.
  • Stommel, Henry (1984). Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, p 113. Template:ISBN.


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