| Sesostris Bank | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name Link: | Malayalam | ||||||||||||||
| Map: | India3 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 13.1333°N 72°W | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Arabian Sea | ||||||||||||||
| Archipelago: | Lakshadweep | ||||||||||||||
| Waterbody: | Indian Ocean | ||||||||||||||
| Total Islands: | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Area Km2: | 388.53 | ||||||||||||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation M: | -20 | ||||||||||||||
| 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: | Chetlat Island | ||||||||||||||
| Population: | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Density Km2: | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnic Groups: | Malayali, Mahls | ||||||||||||||
| Timezone1: | IST | ||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 | ||||||||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code | ||||||||||||||
| Iso Code Type: | ISO code | ||||||||||||||
| Iso Code: | IN-LD-02[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Sesostris Bank is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India, and has a distance of 1800km (1,100miles) south of the city of Delhi.[3]
It is the second largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro, with a lagoon area of 388.53km2. It is also one of the northernmost features, after Cora Divh and Bassas de Pedro. Those coral banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Sesostris Bank is about 22 km in diameter.[4] There are no emergent cays or islands. Depths range from 20 to 77 meters. Depths near the bank reach 700 meters.[5]
This bank was named after the steam frigate of the Indian Navy.[6]
The bank belongs to the township of Chetlat Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.