The Sole Bank is a
sand bank
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It o ...
in the
Atlantic Ocean, south-west of
Cornwall. It is best known for giving its name to a sea area in the
Shipping Forecast. Conventionally it is divided between the Great Sole Bank and Little Sole Bank.
The areas are defined for fishery protection purposes being bounded by coastline or lines of
latitude or
longitude which connect specified points:
The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (No. 3) Order 1989
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* ''Little Sole Bank'' (ICES Statistical Division VIIh)
** 48°N 5°W
** 49°30'N 5°W
** 49°30'N 7°W
** 50°N 7°W
** 50°N 9°W
** 48°N 9°W
** 48°N 5°W
* ''Great Sole Bank'' (ICES Statistical Division VIIj)
** 48°N 9°W
** 9°W on the south coast of Ireland
** 52°30'N on the west coast of Ireland
** 52°30'N 12°W
** 48°N 12°W
** 48°N 9°W
References
Shipping Forecast areas
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