Wight Bank
Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the south-west of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is located four miles to the south-east off the southeastern tip of Pitt Bank.
The bank is just half a mile in diameter, and its total area is about one square mile. The closest piece of land is Île Sudest of Egmont Atoll, fifty miles to the north-north-west. Diego Garcia is 58 miles to the east.
Wight Bank was first reported in 1886.
Location
- Location map: 7°25’0"S, 71°31’60"E
References
Atolls of the Chagos Islands; British Indian Ocean Territory |
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Atolls with land area: |