Ganges Bank

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Ganges Bank

Location of Ganges Bank in the Indian Ocean

Ganges Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is about 7 by 5 km in size, yielding an area of about 30 km².^[1] The closest land is the Egmont Atoll located 87 km to the NNE.

References

↑ British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000

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Coordinates: 07°23′S 70°58′E / 7.383°S 70.967°E / -7.383; 70.967 (Ganges Bank)

v t e Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Atolls with land area	Diego Garcia Egmont Islands Peros Banhos Salomon Islands Great Chagos Bank Blenheim Reef Speakers Bank

Totally submerged	Colvocoresses Reef Benares Shoals Victory Bank Cauvin Bank Pitt Bank Ganges Bank Wight Bank Centurion Bank Owen Bank

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