Ganges Bank

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Ganges Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the south-west of the Chagos Archipelago I the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is about 4½ miles by 3 miles in size, yielding an area of about 11½ square miles.[1]

The closest land is the Egmont Islands, located 54 miles to the north-north-east

Location

References

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


Atolls of the Chagos Islands; British Indian Ocean Territory

Atolls with land area:
Blenheim ReefDiego GarciaEgmont IslandsGreat Chagos BankPeros BanhosSalomon IslandsSpeakers Bank

Wholly submerged atolls:
Benares ShoalsCauvin BankCenturion BankColvocoresses ReefGanges BankOwen BankPitt BankVictory BankWight Bank