Elikalpeni Bank

Elikalpeni Bank
	Elikalpeni Bank
Geography
Location	Arabian Sea
Coordinates	11°12′N 73°58′E / 11.20°N 73.96°ECoordinates: 11°12′N 73°58′E / 11.20°N 73.96°E
Type	Submerged bank
Archipelago	Lakshadweep
Adjacent bodies of water	Indian Ocean
Total islands	0
Area	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Highest elevation	−10.4 m (-34.1 ft)
Administration
	India
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	IST (UTC+5:30);
ISO code	IN-LD-00
Official website	www.lakshadweep.gov.in
Avg. summer temperature	32.0 °C (89.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	28.0 °C (82.4 °F)

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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[edit]

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 / 11.200; 73.967.^[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[edit]

Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for Minicoy
Map

References[edit]

↑ "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)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute, National Geospatial-intelligence Agency
↑ GEBCO Gazeteer of undersea feature names

External links[edit]

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[cit-1] "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Lakshadweep. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2016.

[2] Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code

[3] Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)

[PS-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute, National Geospatial-intelligence Agency

[5] GEBCO Gazeteer of undersea feature names

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