Elikalpeni Bank | |||||||||||
Native Name Link: | Malayalam | ||||||||||
Map: | India3 | ||||||||||
Coordinates: | 11.2°N 73.96°W | ||||||||||
Location: | Arabian Sea | ||||||||||
Island Type: | Submerged bank | ||||||||||
Archipelago: | Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
Waterbody: | Indian Ocean | ||||||||||
Total Islands: | 0 | ||||||||||
Area Km2: | 0 | ||||||||||
Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||
Elevation M: | -10.4 | ||||||||||
Country: | India | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions: | Union territory of Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Island group | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Aminidivi | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Tehsils of India | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions 3: | Aminidivi | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title 4: | Subdivisions of India | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions 4: | Amini Island | ||||||||||
Population: | 0 | ||||||||||
Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||||||
Density Km2: | 0 | ||||||||||
Ethnic Groups: | Malayali, Mahls | ||||||||||
Timezone1: | IST | ||||||||||
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 | ||||||||||
Iso Code Type: | ISO code | ||||||||||
Iso Code: | IN-LD-00[2] | ||||||||||
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Elikalpeni Bank is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.[3]
Elikalpeni Bank has a minimum depth of 10.4 m and is located 57 km northeast of Androth[4] at 11.2°N 131°W.[5]
Elikalpeni Bank is the easternmost geographic feature of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, although other little researched banks with depths of as little as 18.3 m lie about 32 km east of Elikalpeni.[4] It has a lagoon area of 95.91km2.