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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Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory)
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Coordinates: 6°46′S 172°22′E / -6.767, 172.367

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