Mouchoir Bank
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Mouchoir Bank, in Spanish
also called Banco de Pañuelo Blanco is located southeast of the Turks islands and is geographically a continuation of the Bahamas. It is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands
and falls within its EEZ. Much of its north side 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.
Mouchoir Passage, which separates Mouchoir Bank from the Turks islands, is about 26 kilometres (16.2 mi) wide and very deep. It covers an area of 960 km² http://books.google.com/books?id=wIk8NQCsOGMC&q=%22Mouchoir+Bank%22+square&dq=%22Mouchoir+Bank%22+square&hl=de&pgis=1. Silver Bank Passage separates Mouchoir Bank from Silver Bank
further southeast, which belongs to the Dominican Republic
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Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
also called Banco de Pañuelo Blanco is located southeast of the Turks islands and is geographically a continuation of the Bahamas. It is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
and falls within its EEZ. Much of its north side is awash in two groupings of coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
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.
Mouchoir Passage, which separates Mouchoir Bank from the Turks islands, is about 26 kilometres (16.2 mi) wide and very deep. It covers an area of 960 km² http://books.google.com/books?id=wIk8NQCsOGMC&q=%22Mouchoir+Bank%22+square&dq=%22Mouchoir+Bank%22+square&hl=de&pgis=1. Silver Bank Passage separates Mouchoir Bank from Silver Bank
Silver Bank
Silver Bank is an area in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of the Territory of Turks & Caicos. It covers an area of 1680 km² . It is separated from Mouchoir Bank in the west by Silver Bank Passage, and from Navidad Bank in the east by Navidad Bank Passage...
further southeast, which belongs to the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
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