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Pedro Bank is a vast, shallow submarine elevation located in the Caribbean Sea, roughly 80 kilometers southwest of Jamaica. Covering an area of approximately 8,000 square kilometers, it features extensive coral reefs, sandy shoals, and small islets known as the Pedro Cays. The bank is a highly produ...

Saba Bank Reef is a large submarine atoll located in the Caribbean Sea, situated southeast of the island of Saba. As one of the largest submerged atolls in the world, it features a vast, shallow marine plateau that serves as a critical habitat for diverse coral species, fish, and marine mammals. In...

Serranilla Bank is a shallow, partially submerged coral reef and sandbar formation in the western Caribbean Sea, administered by Colombia under a permanent naval garrison. The feature is also claimed by the United States under the Guano Islands Act, as well as by Jamaica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Th...

The Burma Banks are a group of submerged offshore banks in the Andaman Sea, west of Myanmar's mainland and north of the Mergui Archipelago. Their summits rise from much deeper surrounding water but generally remain below the surface, creating exposed open-ocean dive sites rather than sheltered islan...

Bajo Nuevo Bank is a largely submerged reef and atoll formation in the western Caribbean Sea, marked by small cays and extensive shallow coral areas. Colombia administers it as part of the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, while sovereignty has also been disputed or claimed...

Stetson Bank is a distinctive underwater feature located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, situated approximately 100 miles offshore from Texas. Unlike typical coral reefs, it is primarily a claystone and siltstone formation created by an underlying salt dome. It was incorporated into the Flower G...

Quita Sueño Bank is a largely submerged reef and bank in the western Caribbean Sea, northeast of Nicaragua and administered by Colombia as part of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Its shallow reefs and cays have long presented navigational hazards, and a lighthouse mark...

Misteriosa Bank is a submerged bank or atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. It lies in the open sea between the Yucatan region of Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba, far from the main populated coasts, and consists of shallow submarine relief rather than a permanently inhabited island. The feature has been d...

Rosalind Bank is a submerged bank in the western Caribbean Sea. It lies within a maritime region associated with the territorial and boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras, a dispute addressed by the International Court of Justice in 2007. As a bank rather than an island or exposed sandbar,...

Flower Garden Banks is a group of offshore reefs and banks protected within Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The sanctuary was designated in 1992 and includes shallow coral reefs, algal and sponge communities, and deeper mesophotic habitats formed aro...