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| name = Investigator Bank<br />
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| native_name_link = Malayalam<br />
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| etymology = <br />
| location = [[Arabian Sea]]<br />
| island_type = [[Submerged bank]]<br />
| archipelago = [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]<br />
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| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census |publisher=Government of Lakshadweep |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722061135/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |archivedate=2016-07-22 }}</ref><br />
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| country_admin_divisions = [[Union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of districts in India#Lakshadweep (LD)|District]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Island group]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Minicoy|Minicoy Islands]]<br />
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| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Minicoy|Minicoy Tehsil]]<br />
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lakshadweep.gov.in/}}<br />
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| iso_code = IN-LD-09<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref><br />
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The '''Investigator Bank''' is a submerged [[bank (topography)|bank]] or sunken [[atoll]] in the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]].<ref>[http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]</ref><br />
It is located {{convert|31|km|abbr=on}} to the northeast of [[Minicoy Island]] in Lakshadweep.<br />
==Geography==<br />
It is located 31&nbsp;km to the northeast of [[Minicoy Island]] in the southern region of the [[Nine Degree Channel]]. Its minimum depth is 217&nbsp;m. Depths in the neighborhood of the bank reach 914 meters. The '''Investigator Canyon''' is located north of the Investigator Bank between 17˚45'N, 66˚27'E and 17˚47'N, 66˚10'E.<ref>GEBCO Gazeteer of undersea feature names</ref><br />
Its [[lagoon]] area is {{convert|141.8|km2|abbr=on}}.<br />
This bank was named in 1886 after wooden paddle [[hydrographic survey]] vessel [[HMS Investigator (1881)|HMS Investigator]].<br />
==Image gallery==<br />
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File:Map of Lakshadweep-en.svg|Map<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=hWv9ZhMhgusC&pg=PA104 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110510124145/http://www.mapsofindia.com/lakshadweep/tourism/investigator-bank.html Geographical information]<br />
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