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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
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| native_name = ചെറിയഫന്ന്യം
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'''Byramgore Reef''', also known as '''Chereapani Reef''' ({{lang-ml|Cheriyapanniyam}}), is a [[coral]] [[atoll]]<ref>[http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=in&UF=-2093105&UN=-2906361&DG=RF Cherbaniani Reef, India]</ref> belonging to the [[Amindivi]] Subgroup of islands of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]].
It has a distance of {{convert|1940|km|abbr=on}} south of the city of [[Delhi]].

==Geography==
Byramgore Reef is located 33 km south of [[Cherbaniani Reef]] and 41 km to the northwest of [[Bitrā Par]], in the northwestern area of Lakshadweep at {{coord|11|54|N|71|49|E}}. The whole northern part of the atoll is submerged.<ref>[http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=in&UF=-2092503&UN=-2905545&DG=RF Byramgore Reef, India]</ref> The total length of the atoll, including the submerged part, is 21.5 km, with a maximum width of 6.3 km.{{fact|date=May 2019}}
The [[lagoon]] area is {{convert|172.59|km2|abbr=on}}.{{fact|date=May 2019}}

==Ecology==
There are a few [[sandbank]]s on the reefs, but little land is above the surface at high tide. The atoll is visited by [[pelagic bird]]s, including the [[lesser crested tern]] (''Sterna bengalensis'') and [[greater crested tern]] (''Sterna bergii'').<ref>[http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/10pdfs/Kurup-Lakshadweep.pdf Birds of Lakshadweep Islands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112215302/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/10pdfs/Kurup-Lakshadweep.pdf |date=12 January 2012 }}</ref>

==Administration==
The bank belongs to the [[Subdivisions of India|township]] of [[Bitra]] of [[Aminidivi]] [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163348/http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF Tehsils info]</ref>

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:Lakshadweep.jpg|Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for [[Minicoy]]
File:Map of Lakshadweep-en.svg|Map
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]
*[http://www.india9.com Lagoon sizes]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/indian/lakshadweep/byramgore.php |date=23 December 2010 |title=Byramgore Reef - Oceandots }}
*[http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/4897/1/00019.pdf List of Atolls]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130617052832/http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/An%20ornithological%20expedition.pdf An ornithological expedition to the Lakshadweep archipelago]
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856407908722989 Sources towards a history of the Laccadive Islands]
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[[Category:Islands of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Atolls of India]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Lakshadweep]]

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