 It is reported to be approximately 1.5 km in length.The sea occasionally breaks over it.During his voyage from Puget Sound to Australia, Captain Wilder Farley Stetson (1849-1924) of the ship "Carondelet" sighted a reef on August 31, 1898 from position 5° 35′ S, 173° 58′ W. He was within two miles of it and considered it very dangerous.