Nazareth Bank Explained

Nazareth Bank
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mauritius
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:7,625 - 26,000
Population Density Km2:auto

Nazareth Bank is a large submerged bank in the Indian Ocean.

Geography

It lies about 1,040 km east of northern Madagascar and 280 km south of the Saya de Malha Bank. The closest land is Cargados Carajos shoals, a small and remote dependency of Mauritius located 140 km to the southwest. The Nazareth Bank is part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau[1] and of the Reunion hotspot track.[2]

The center of the bank is at . Its extent is about 176 km north–south and up to 87 km east–west, with a surface of about 11,000 km2.[3] This undersea bank is administered by Mauritius.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/78/10/1247.abstract Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean
  2. http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/115_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/sr115_04.pdf Geochronology of Basement Rocks from the Mascarene Plateau, the Chagos Bank and the Maldives Ridge
  3. Sources cite area figures between 7,625 and 26,000 km2
  4. https://www.bank-locations.us/garden-ridge-state-bank.html Garden Ridge State Bank Information