Wight Bank
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Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, about ?? km southeast of the southern tip of Pitt Bank. The location is 07°25'S, 071°31'E. It was first reported in 1886. It is almost ?? km in diameter. The total size is about ? km 2. The closest land is Île Sudest of Egmont Islands atoll, ?? km NWN. Diego Garcia is ?? km to the East. The least charted depth is 8.5 meters.
| 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 | ||
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