Mouchoir Bank

File:Admiralty Chart No 1266 Islands and Banks between San Salvador and Santo Domingo, Published 1889, New Edition 1916.jpg

Nautical chart showing the Mouchoir Bank on the right between Turks Islands and Silver Bank

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1773 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin showing leMouchoir Carré, tres peu connu = very little known as if with islands, which in reality do not exist

Mouchoir Bank, in Spanish also called Banco de Pañuelo Blanco, is a submerged bank that is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands and falls within its exclusive economic zone.

The bank, located southeast of the Turks islands, is the geographic continuation of the carbonate island archipelago comprising the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Silver Bank, and the Navidad Bank.

Geography

Much of the north side of the bank is awash in two groupings of coral reef. A 1.8 m deep rock lies between the two groupings. There are numerous shallow patches on the bank which break. North East Breaker is a dangerous rock in the northeast.

The bank covers an area of 960 km². Mouchoir Passage, which separates Mouchoir Bank from the Turks Islands further northwest, is about Template:Convert wide and very deep. Silver Bank Passage separates Mouchoir Bank from Silver Bank further southeast; the latter belongs to the Dominican Republic's EEZ.

See also

• Silver Bank
• Navidad Bank

External links

• Sailing Directions, Caribbean Sea Vol. I

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