Winslow Reef

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Winslow Reef is an underwater feature of the Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati, located 200 km NNW of McKean Island at 01°36′S 174°57′W. It has a least depth of 11 meters. The reef is about 1.6 km long east-west, and about half that wide. The bottom is pink coral and red sand.

It is not to be confused with Winslow Reef in the Cook Islands at 20°38′S 160°56′W.

See also: Winslow Reef Seamount in in Seamount Catalog

Literary mention: Winslow reef is mentioned by Robert Louis Stevenson, who sailed over an area thought to be Winslow reef in late 1889, but did not find it.

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Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Vol,2 Part V [1]

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