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'''Benares Shoals''' (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged [[coral]] [[reef]], an isolated patch located at 5°15'S, 071°40'W, just 6 km West-North-West of Île Pierre of [[Peros Banhos]] [[atoll]] in the northern [[Chagos Archipelago]]. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 meters.
'''Benares Shoals''' (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged [[coral]] [[reef]], an isolated patch located at 5°15'S, 071°40'W, just 6 km West-North-West of Île Pierre of [[Peros Banhos]] [[atoll]] in the northern [[Chagos Archipelago]]. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 meters.


There have been a number of islets found submerged under the reef, as followed:

*Ile Tattamucca ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Buzi ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Sepot ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Du Faisante ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Poule ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Dubois ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Du Sable ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Saint-Brandon ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Observation ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Du Nord ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Du Sud ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile De L'Est ('''SUBMERGED''')
*Ile Kaylo ('''SUBMERGED''')


[[Category:Indian Ocean atolls]]
[[Category:Indian Ocean atolls]]

Revision as of 21:59, 23 December 2005

Benares Shoals (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at 5°15'S, 071°40'W, just 6 km West-North-West of Île Pierre of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 meters.

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