Cora Divh, also called Coradeeve or Little Bassas de Pedro Bank (''cf.'' Great Bassas de Pedro), is a submerged

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or sunken

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belonging to the

Amindivi The Aminidivi Islands, are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Laccadive Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The total ...

Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of

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. It has a distance of south of the city of

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History

An Indian patrol ship is named after this bank.

Geography

Cora Divh is the third largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro and Sesostris Bank, with a

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area of . It is also the northernmost feature, reaching to 13°58'N. Those

coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and ...

banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep.

Adas Bank Adas Bank is a submerged bank located off the west coast of India, between Angria Bank (200 km to the north) and Cora Divh bank of the Laccadive Islands (90 km to the south). Geography The nearest coast is the Indian mainland close t ...

, which lies 90 km to the north of Cora Divh, is the same type of formation but is not part of

. Cora Divh is 42 km long southwest–northeast, and 12 about km wide. Its southwest point is located 34 km

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of Sesostris Bank. There are no emergent cays or islands. Cora Divh has depths of 27.4 to 55 m, and is covered by sand, coral rubble and broken shells. According to other sources, the least depth is 16 meters. Depths in the neighborhood of the bank reach 700 meters.

Administration

The bank belongs to the

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Chetlat Island Chetlat Island is a coral island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweep archipelago in India. It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi. History Local history says that islanders were cruelly treated by Portugue ...

Aminidivi The Aminidivi Islands, are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Laccadive Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The total ...

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References

External links

Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal
* Undersea banks of Lakshadweep Reefs of India Reefs of the Indian Ocean Underwater diving sites in India {{Lakshadweep-geo-stub