Mouchoir Bank

Coordinates: 20°57′00″N 70°42′00″W / 20.95000°N 70.70000°W / 20.95000; -70.70000
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Mouchoir Bank
Native name:
Banco de Pañuelo Blanco
Eastern Caribbean Time Zone (UTC−04:00
)
Mouchoir Bank in the lower right of an 1873 map of the Bahamas (unnamed, between Is. Turks and Bank of Argent = Silver Bank)
1773 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin showing leMouchoir Carré, tres peu connu = very little known as if with islands, which in reality do not exist

Mouchoir Bank, in

submerged bank that is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands and falls within its exclusive economic zone
.

The bank, located southeast of the

Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Silver Bank, and the Navidad Bank.[1]

Geography

Much of the north side of the bank is awash in two groupings of coral reef. A 1.8 m deep rock lies between the two groupings. There are numerous shallow patches on the bank which break. North East Breaker is a dangerous rock in the northeast.

The bank covers an area of 960 km2.

EEZ
.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780444516442
    .
  2. ^ Michael L. Frankel, The Voyage of SABRA: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean

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