Sesostris Bank is a submerged

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or sunken

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belonging to the

Amindivi The Aminidivi Islands () are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Laccadive Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The total ...

Subgroup of islands of the

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Lakshadweep Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...

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, and has a distance of south of the city of

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Geography

It is the second largest feature of Lakshadweep, after

Bassas de Pedro Bassas de Pedro, also known as Manjappar or Pedro Bank, is a submerged bank (topography), bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India, with a distance of south of the city of ...

, with a

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area of . It is also one of the northernmost features, after

Cora Divh Cora Divh, also called Coradeeve or Little Bassas de Pedro Bank (''cf.'' Great Bassas de Pedro), is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance ...

and Bassas de Pedro. Those coral banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Sesostris Bank is about 22 km in

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. There are no emergent cays or islands. Depths range from 20 to 77 meters. Depths near the bank reach 700 meters. This bank was named after the

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of the

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.''China Trade and Empire: Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Origins of British Rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843'', Alain Le Pichon (Editor), Oxford University Press, 2006,

Administration

The bank belongs to the

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of Chetlat Island of

Aminidivi The Aminidivi Islands () are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Laccadive Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The ...

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References

External links

Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal
Undersea banks of Lakshadweep Reefs of the Indian Ocean Reefs of India Underwater diving sites in India {{Lakshadweep-geo-stub