Conway Reef, known in Fijian as Ceva-I-Ra (IPA:[ðe βa i ra]), is a three-kilometer long coral reef situated at 21.77° South and 174.52° East. It has one small cay, about 600 meters long and 1.5 meters high. The reef is uninhabited. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Orders Scleractinia Corals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria; class Anthozoa) existing as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically forming colonies of many individuals. ... A reef surrounding an islet. ... A cay or key is a small, low island consisting mostly of sand or coral. ...

The reef was discovered in 1838 by the British naval officer Captain Drinkwater Bethune of the HMS Conway, and was mapped several years later by Captain Denham of the HMS Herald. Two shipwrecks (1979 and 1981) have occurred on the reef. | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conway after the town of Conwy in Wales. ... HMS Herald - Botany expedition? Victorian? HMS Herald (H138)- Hydrographic survey ship. ... A shipwreck is the remains of a ship after it has sunk or been beached as a result of a crisis at sea. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It was reported in 1983 that there was some vegetation on the cay, but it was bare by 1985. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...