Hawkins Bank is a large
submerged bank
An ocean bank, sometimes referred to as a fishing bank or simply bank, is a part of the seabed that is shallow compared to its surrounding area, such as a shoal or the top of an underwater hill. Somewhat like continental slopes, ocean bank sl ...
off the
Mascarene Plateau
The Mascarene Plateau is a submarine plateau in the Indian Ocean, north and east of Madagascar. The plateau extends approximately , from Seychelles in the north to Réunion in the south. The plateau covers an area of over of shallow water, wi ...
. It is considered a dependency of
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
(in terms of
fishing bank
An ocean bank, sometimes referred to as a fishing bank or simply bank, is a part of the seabed that is shallow compared to its surrounding area, such as a shoal or the top of an underwater hill. Somewhat like continental slopes, ocean bank sl ...
s, much like the
Saya de Malha Bank
The Saya de Malha Bank (also the Sahia de Malha Bank, modern Portuguese: ''saia de malha'', English: ''mesh skirt'') or Mesh Skirt Bank, is one of the largest submerged ocean banks in the world, a part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau.
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,
Nazareth Bank
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 ...
, and the
Soudan Banks Soudan may refer to:
* The French name (and former English name) for the country of Sudan
* The French name for French Sudan (present-day Mali)
* Archaic spelling for the region of Sudan
* Soudan, Minnesota, an unincorporated town near Tower
...
). The bank is abundant with fish and Mauritian vessels often fish in the waters in and around the bank.
See also
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Nazareth Bank
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 ...
*
Saya de Malha Bank
The Saya de Malha Bank (also the Sahia de Malha Bank, modern Portuguese: ''saia de malha'', English: ''mesh skirt'') or Mesh Skirt Bank, is one of the largest submerged ocean banks in the world, a part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau.
...
*
Soudan Banks Soudan may refer to:
* The French name (and former English name) for the country of Sudan
* The French name for French Sudan (present-day Mali)
* Archaic spelling for the region of Sudan
* Soudan, Minnesota, an unincorporated town near Tower
...
Marine ecoregions
Landforms of Mauritius
Fishing areas of the Indian Ocean
Outer Islands of Mauritius
Landforms of Africa
Undersea banks of the Indian Ocean
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