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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. |
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There have been a number of islets found submerged under the reef, as followed: |
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*Ile Tattamucca ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Buzi ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Sepot ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Du Faisante ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Poule ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Dubois ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Du Sable ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Saint-Brandon ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Observation ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Du Nord ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Du Sud ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile De L'Est ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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*Ile Kaylo ('''SUBMERGED''') |
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[[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.