Saya de Malha Bank

Saya de Malha
Submerged bank
Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean)
Map of Saya de Malha
Coordinates: 10°30′00″S 61°21′36″E / 10.500°S 61.360°E / -10.500; 61.360
CountryMauritius
Area
 • Total
40,808 km2 (15,756 sq mi)

The Saya de Malha Bank (also the Sahia de Malha Bank, modern Portuguese: saia de malha, English: mesh skirt) or Mesh Skirt Bank, is one of the largest submerged ocean banks in the world, a part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau.

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