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 Mauritius located 140 km to the southwest. The Nazareth Bank is part of the vast undersea Mascarene PlateauMascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean and of the Reunion hotspot track.Geochronology of Basement Rocks from the Mascarene Plateau, the Chagos Bank and the Maldives Ridge
The center of the bank is at . Its extent is about 176 km north–south and up to 87 km east–west, with a surface of about 11,000 km2.Sources cite area figures between 7,625 and 26,000 km2 This undersea bank is administered by Mauritius. Garden Ridge State Bank Information
See also Hawkins Bank Saya de Malha Bank Soudan Banks
References
External links Mauritius District and Dependencies - Nazareth Bank