Wachusett Reef

The Wachusett Reef (also Wachusett Bank, English Wachusett Reef or Shoal ) in the South Pacific was on June 4, 1899 by Captain HM Lambert from the U.S. ship Wachusett below 32 ° 18 ' S; 151 ° 08 ' W sighted.

Lambert went through a 150 m wide ocean site with dark gray color that stood out sharply from the surrounding deep blue water. Captain Lambert held this position for a coral reef, and estimated its depth at 9-11 m; Were not made ​​soundings. The supposed reef could not be retrieved and was repaid by the French charts in the following period. After the Pacific Islands pilot of the British Admiralty, the appearance of reefs and breakers through clouds reflection, volcanic phenomena, schools of fish and marine microorganisms can be faked, so that even the most experienced skippers in danger of succumbing to a deception.

Nevertheless, the Wachusett Reef still found today in the prestigious World Atlases.