| Rongel Reef | |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Antarctic Peninsula##Location in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | -62.6211°N -60.4031°W |
| Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
| Length Km: | 0.6 |
| Population: | uninhabited |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Rongel Reef (Bulgarian: Rif Rongel 'rif ron-'zhel), is a moraine reef in the Emona Anchorage in the eastern parts of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The reef emerged during a glacier retreat in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The reef extends over 6000NaN0 in northeast–southwest direction and is partly exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide but for the islet rising to near 31NaN1 at its northeast extremity.
Its midpoint is located 2.85km (01.77miles) north-northwest of Hespérides Point, 3.12km (01.94miles) west of Aleko Point, and 3.35km (02.08miles) northeast by east of Ereby Point. The northeast extremity of Rongel Reef is located 750NaN0 south-southwest of Rongel Point. A 7100NaN0 wide nameless cove is indenting for 2500NaN0 the coast behind Rongel Reef, the northeast side of its entrance formed by Rongel Point. The southwest extremity of Rongel Reef is located 3000NaN0 southeast of the nameless point located 3.18km (01.98miles) northwest by north of Hespérides Point and 3.04km (01.89miles) northeast by east of Ereby Point.
The feature is named after the Brazilian Navy ship Ary Rongel, in recognition of her logistic support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.
The reef is centered at -62.6211°N -60.4031°W (Bulgarian mapping from a topographic survey of the region made from 8 December 1995 to 8 February 1996).
