Elikalpeni Bank
Appearance
Geography | |
---|---|
Location | Arabian Sea |
Coordinates | 11°12′N 73°58′E / 11.20°N 73.96°E |
Type | Submerged bank |
Archipelago | Lakshadweep |
Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Total islands | 0 |
Area | 0 km2 (0 sq mi)[1] |
Highest elevation | −10.4 m (-34.1 ft) |
Administration | |
Territory | Union territory of Lakshadweep |
District | Lakshadweep |
Island group | Aminidivi |
Tehsils of India | Aminidivi |
Subdivisions of India | Amini Island |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2014) |
Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Malayali, Mahls |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
ISO code | IN-LD-00[2] |
Official website | www |
Avg. summer temperature | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 28.0 °C (82.4 °F) |
Elikalpeni Bank is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.[3]
Geography
Elikalpeni Bank has a minimum depth of 10.4 m and is located 57 km northeast of Androth[4] at 11°12′N 73°58′E / 11.200°N 73.967°E.[5]
Elikalpeni Bank is the easternmost geographic feature of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, although other little researched banks with depths of as little as 18.3 m lie about 32 km east of Elikalpeni.[4] It has a lagoon area of 95.91 km2 (37.03 sq mi).
Image gallery
-
Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for Minicoy
-
Map
References
- ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Lakshadweep. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2016.
- ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
- ^ Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)
- ^ a b Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute, National Geospatial-intelligence Agency
- ^ GEBCO Gazeteer of undersea feature names