Jupiter Reef

{{Short description|Phantom reef in the South Pacific}}

{{Infobox fictional location

| name = Jupiter Reef

| image = Wachusett Bank.png

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Jupiter Breakers on 1921 Pacific map

| source =

| creator =

| type = Phantom island

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{{Location map

|Pacific Ocean

|label=Jupiter Reef

|lon_dir=W

|lat_dir=S

|lat_deg=36|lat_min=37

|lon_deg=150|lon_min=15

|position=right

|width=300

|float=right

|mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg

|marksize=20

|caption=Alleged location of Jupiter Reef in the Pacific Ocean

}}

Jupiter Reef or Jupiter Breakers is a supposed reef in the South Pacific (south of French Tuamotu islands and east of New Zealand), between other supposed reefs, Maria Theresa Reef to the south and Ernest Legouve Reef to the north; it appears to be a phantom reef.

Mr. Kinge, commanding the German barque Jupiter on a voyage between Newcastle, New South Wales and Tahiti, reported having passed breakers during the night of December 3, 1878, in {{coord|36|37|S|150|15|W|display=inline,title}}. The breakers were observed in two places, each of which had a diameter of about 30 yards, and appeared to be a quarter of a mile apart. No further intelligence has been obtained regarding this shoal.{{cite book |last=Great Britain Hydrographic Dept |title=Pacific Islands, v. 3 |publisher=J. D. Potter. |edition=3 |location=London |year=1900 |isbn= |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IwqwAAAAMAAJ/page/n60 27] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IwqwAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2011-09-26 }}

Other nearby historically reported reefs which appear not to exist include Maria Theresa Reef, Ernest Legouve Reef, and Wachusett Reef.

{{PD-old-text|title=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IwqwAAAAMAAJ/page/n60 Pacific Islands, v. 3]|year=1900}}