Centurion Bank

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Locatoin of Centurion Bank (ringed)

Centurion Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the south-west of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The bank is about almost six miles long north-west to south-east, and two miles wide. The reef area is about ten square miles.[1] The closest land is the islands of Egmont Atoll, located 76 miles to the north-north-east.

The Centurion Bank is the southernmost feature of the Chagos group and of the territory.

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 Reef • Diego Garcia • Egmont Islands • Great Chagos Bank • Peros Banhos • Salomon Islands • Speakers Bank

Wholly submerged atolls:
Benares Shoals • Cauvin Bank • Centurion Bank • Colvocoresses Reef • Ganges Bank • Owen Bank • Pitt Bank • Victory Bank • Wight Bank