Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at, just west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about east–west, with a width of about and an area of . The least depth at the western end is .British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000
The Benares Shoals were first surveyed in 1837 by Commander Robert Moresby of the Indian Navy on HMS Benares. Moresby's survey produced the first detailed map of this submerged reef, which was subsequently named after his ship.Searight, Sarah, The Charting of the Red Sea. History Today, 2003
See also List of reefs
References
External links Indian Ocean Pilot