Benares Shoals
The Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch, located four miles west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago, in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The shoals measure about two miles east to west, with a width of about 800 yards and an area of three-quarters of a square mile. The least depth at the western end is 15 feet below the sea.[1]
The Benares Shoals were first surveyed in 1837 by Commander Robert Moresby of the Indian Navy on HMS Benares. Moresby's survey produced the first detailed map of this submerged reef, which was subsequently named after his ship.[2]
Location
- Location map: 5°15’16"S, 71°39’58"E
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References
| Atolls of the Chagos Islands; British Indian Ocean Territory |
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