Pitt Bank
Pitt Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the south-west of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is almost 35 miles long north-west to south-east, with a width between 12 miles and 19 miles.
Ther bank stretches from 06°48'S to 07°16'S and 071°06'E to 071°36'E. The total size is 508 square miles, making it the largest ocean bank]] in the Chagos Archipelago, after the Great Chagos Bank itself, and before Speakers Bank. The closest land is Île Lubine amongst the Egmont Islands, which lies 13½ miles to the north-east off the northern end of Pitt Bank. The shallowest water here is 23 feet at the south-eastern rim, and the deepest areas of the former lagoon reach 144 feet.
The much smaller Wight Bank is located four miles to the south-east of the south-eastern tip of Pitt Bank.
This submerged atoll was named after William Pitt the Younger, who was a British prime minister in 1783–1801 and 1804–1806.
A buoy, marked by a radar reflector, is moored on the north-west side of the bank.[1]
Location
- Location map: 7°4’0"N, 71°21’-0"E
Outside links
References
- ↑ British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000
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