Cauvin Bank
Cauvin Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the southern part of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The atoll lies about four and a half miles south of the south-eastern corner of the rim of the Great Chagos Bank. It is roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of two and a half miles, and an area of about five square miles. There are least depths between 30 feet and 36 feet in the northern part of the reef.
The closest land is the northernmost part of Diego Garcia atoll, Middle Island, 25½ miles to the south.
Location
- Location map: 6°49’0"S, 72°22’0"E
| Atolls of the Chagos Islands; British Indian Ocean Territory |
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