Ganges Bank
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|lon_deg=70|lon_min=58
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|caption=Location of Ganges Bank in the Indian Ocean
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Ganges Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is about 7 by 5 km in size, yielding an area of about 30 km{{sup|2}}.British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000
The closest land is the Egmont Atoll located {{convert|87|km|0|abbr=on}} to the NNE.
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20060705183013/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub171/ Indian Ocean Pilot]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508084147/http://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub171/Pub171bk.pdf Pub.171 Sailing Directions E. Africa and S. Indian Ocean]
{{Coord|07|23|S|70|58|E|name=Ganges Bank|display=title|region:GB_type:isle}}
{{Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago}}
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