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 .
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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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