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Pitt Bank

Coordinates: 07°04′S 72°31′E / 7.067°S 72.517°E / -7.067; 72.517 (Pitt Bank)
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07°04′S 72°31′E / 7.067°S 72.517°E / -7.067; 72.517 (Pitt Bank) Pitt Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is almost 56 km long Northwest to Southeast, with a width between 20 and 30 km. It stretches from 06°48'S to 07°16'S and 071°06'E to 071°36'E. The total size is 1317 km 2[1], making it the second largest atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago, after the Great Chagos Bank, and before Speakers Bank. The closest land is Île Lubine of Egmont Islands atoll, 22 km Northeast of the Northern end of Pitt Bank. The least depth is 7 meters at the Southeastern Rim, and the deepest areas of the former lagoon reach 44 meters.

This submerged atoll was named after William Pitt the Younger, who was a British Prime Minister in 1783–1801 and 1804–1806.

A buoy, marked by a radar reflector, is moored on the NW side of the bank.


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