Wight Bank

Wight Bank

Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, about 1820 km SWS of the southern tip of India. The location is coord|7|25|S|71|31|E|source:enwiki-plaintext-parser|display=title,inline. It was first reported in 1886. It is less than 2 km in diameter. The total area is about 3 km 2. The closest piece of land is Île Sudest of Egmont Islands atoll, 80 km NWN. Diego Garcia is 94 km to the East. The least charted depth is 8.5 meters.


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