Patteson Shoal

{{Short description|Island in Solomon Islands}}

Patteson Shoal is an outer reef in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands.{{cite book |last1=Batham |first1=Tere |title=Cruising Japan to New Zealand: The Voyage of the Sea Quest |date=2004 |publisher=Sheridan House, Inc. |isbn=1574091824 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6bhovj59FcgC&q=Patteson+Shoal+%28solomon+islands%29&pg=PA177 |access-date=2 August 2018}}{{cite web |title=Patterson Shoal |url=http://sb.geoview.info/patterson_shoal,2104437 |website=Geoview |access-date=26 June 2018}} It is located about 50 km northeast of Nupani. The shoal is named for John Coleridge Patteson.{{cite web |title=Traveling Luck for Patterson Shoal |url=http://travelingluck.com/Oceania/Solomon+Islands/Solomon+Islands+(general)/_2104437_Patterson+Shoal.html |publisher=Traveling Luck |access-date=2 August 2018}}