Wight Bank

Wight Bank

Location of Wight Bank in the Indian Ocean

Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) to the SE off the southeastern tip of Pitt Bank at 7°25′S 71°32′E / 7.417°S 71.533°E / -7.417; 71.533Coordinates: 7°25′S 71°32′E / 7.417°S 71.533°E / -7.417; 71.533. It is less than 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) in diameter and its total area is about 3 square kilometres (1.2 square miles). The closest piece of land is Île Sudest of Egmont Atoll, 80 kilometres (50 miles) NNW. Diego Garcia is 94 kilometres (58 miles) to the East. The least charted depth is 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi).^[1]

Wight Bank was first reported in 1886.

References

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

External links

Indian Ocean Pilot

Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory)

List of islands in Chagos Archipelago

Atolls with land area	Blenheim Reef Diego Garcia Egmont Islands Great Chagos Bank Peros Banhos Salomon Islands Speakers Bank

Totally submerged	Benares Shoals Cauvin Bank Centurion Bank Colvocoresses Reef Ganges Bank Owen Bank Pitt Bank Victory Bank Wight Bank

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