Wight Bank

Wight Bank

Location of Wight Bank in the Indian Ocean

Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. It is located 6 km to the SE off the southeastern tip of Pitt Bank at 7°25′S 71°32′E / 7.417°S 71.533°E / -7.417; 71.533Coordinates: 7°25′S 71°32′E / 7.417°S 71.533°E / -7.417; 71.533. It is less than 2 km in diameter and its total area is about 3 km ². The closest piece of land is Île Sudest of Egmont Atoll, 80 km NNW. Diego Garcia is 94 km to the East. The least charted depth is 8.5 m.^[1]

Wight Bank was first reported in 1886.

References

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

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