Benares Shoals, Chagos Marine Protected Area

Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at 5°15′S 071°40′E, just 6 kilometres west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about 3 kilometres east–west, with a width of about 700 metres and an area of 2 square kilometres. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 metres. ()