Cauvin Bank

Cauvin Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the southern part of the Chagos Archipelago at -6.81667°N, 72.36667°W, just about 7 km south of the southeastern corner of the rim of the Great Chagos Bank. It is roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of 4 km, and an area of about 12 km2. There are least depths between 9 and 11 m in the northern part of the reef. The closest land is the northernmost part of Diego Garcia atoll, Middle Island, 41 km to the south.