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Lady Denison Pender Shoal

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Location
  
Indian Ocean

Total islands
  
0

Group
  
Outer Islands

Elevation
  
-15 m

Archipelago
  
Seychelles

Adjacent bodies of water
  
Indian Ocean

Highest elevation
  
-15 m (-49 ft)

Sub-Group
  
Amirante Islands

Adjacent body of water
  
Indian Ocean

Lady Denison-Pender Shoal

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.

Contents

Map of Lady Denison-Pender

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.

Administration

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

References

Lady Denison-Pender Shoal Wikipedia