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Lady Denison-Pender Shoal

Coordinates: 04°49′S 53°20′E / 4.817°S 53.333°E / -4.817; 53.333
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Lady Denison-Pender Shoal
Lady Denison-Pender Shoal is located in Seychelles
Lady Denison-Pender Shoal
Lady Denison-Pender Shoal
Geography
LocationIndian Ocean
Coordinates04°49′S 53°20′E / 4.817°S 53.333°E / -4.817; 53.333
TypeShoal
ArchipelagoSeychelles
Adjacent toIndian Ocean
Administration
Additional information
Time zone
ISO codeSC-26
Official websitewww.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/outer-islands

Lady Denison-Pender Shoal is a shoal in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 240 km south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Geography

This shoal, with a least depth of 14.6 m, is located immediately north of the Amirantes Bank, but separated from it by water more than 300 m deep. It is located 10 km northwest of North Island on African Banks, the northernmost island of the Amirante Islands. It is named after the cable steamer CS Lady Denison Pender that was built in Glasgow in 1920 and was in service until 1963.[1]

Administration

The shoal belongs to Outer Islands District,[2] for EEZ purposes.

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