Ganges Bank

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

External links

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

Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory)

List of islands in Chagos Archipelago

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

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

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