Centurion Bank

Coordinates: 07°39′S 70°50′E / 7.650°S 70.833°E / -7.650; 70.833 (Centurion Bank)

Centurion Bank

Location of Centurion Bank in the Indian Ocean

Centurion Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is about almost 10 km (6 mi) long northwest-southeast, and more than 3 km (2 mi). The reef area is about 25 km² (9.7 sq mi).^[1] The closest land is the Egmont Atoll located 122 km (76 mi) to the NNE. The Centurion Bank is the southernmost feature of the Chagos group.

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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