Cauvin Bank

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Cauvin Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southern Part Chagos Archipelago at 06°46'S, 0172°22'E, just about 7 km South of the Southeastern corner of the rim of the Great Chagos Bank. It is roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of 4 km, and an area of about 12 km². There are least depths between 9 and 11 meters in the Northern part of the reef. The closest land is the Northernmost part of Diego Garcia atoll, Middle Island, 45 km to the South.

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edit	Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Atolls with land area: Diego García \| Egmont Islands \| Peros Banhos \| Salomon Islands \| Great Chagos Bank \| Blenheim Reef \| Speakers Bank
Totally submerged atolls: Colvocoresses Reef \| Benares Shoals \| Victory Bank \| Cauvin Bank \| Pitt Bank \| Ganges Bank \| Wight Bank \| Centurion Bank \| Owen Bank