Benares Shoals

Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at, just 6 kilometres west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of atoll in the northern .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Shoal
  • Description: mountain in Seychelles
  • Also known as: “Banc Benares”, “Banc de Benares”, “Benares Shoal”, and “شعاب بنارس”

Benares Shoals

Latitude
-5.25777° or 5° 15′ 28″ south
Longitude
71.67244° or 71° 40′ 21″ east
Open location code
6J6HPMRC+VX
Geo­Names ID
1282591
Wiki­data ID
Q2882095
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Benares Shoals” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضفاف بنارس”
  • Cebuano: “Benares Shoals”
  • Dutch: “Benares Shoals”
  • French: “bancs Benares”
  • French: “Bancs Benares”
  • Greek: “Ξέρες Μπενάρες”
  • Ladin: “Benares Shoals”
  • Spanish: “Benares Shoals”

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