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{{Short description|Submerged bank belonging to the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Cora Divh
| native_name =
| native_name_link = Malayalam
| native_name_lang =
| sobriquet = Little Bassas de Pedro Bank
| image_name =
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| map = India
| map_alt =
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| map_caption = Location of Cora Divh in [[Lakshadweep]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13|42|N|72|11|E|region:IN-LD_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| etymology =
| location = [[Arabian Sea]]
| pop =
| archipelago = [[Lakshadweep]]
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands = 0
| major_islands = {{hlist |item_style=line-height:1.4em;white-space:nowrap; }}
| area_km2 = 339.45
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF|title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2001 Census|publisher=Government of Lakshadweep|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163348/http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| length_km = 42
| width_km = 12
| coastline_km = 0
| elevation_m = -27.4
| highest_mount =
| country = [[India]]
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[States and union territories of India|Territory]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of districts in India#Lakshadweep (LD)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Aminidivi]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Aminidivi|Aminidivi Tehsil]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_4 = [[Subdivisions of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_4 = [[Chetlat Island]]
| population = 0
| population_as_of = 2016
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| density_km2 = 0
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| ethnic_groups = [[Malayali]], [[Mahl people|Mahls]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|http://www.lakshadweep.gov.in/}}
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]
| iso_code = IN-LD-01<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
|additional_info = {{Infobox|child=yes
| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|32.0|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}}
| label5 = Topography | data5 =submerged [[bank (topography)|bank]]
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}}

'''Cora Divh''', also called '''Coradeeve''' or '''Little Bassas de Pedro Bank''' (''cf.'' Great [[Bassas de Pedro]]), is a submerged [[bank (topography)|bank]] or sunken [[atoll]] belonging to the [[Amindivi]] Subgroup of islands of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]].<ref>[http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]</ref>
It has a distance of {{convert|1733|km|abbr=on}} south of the city of [[Delhi]].

==History==
An Indian [[patrol ship]] is named after this bank.<ref>[https://www.fleetmon.com/en/vessels/Ins_Cora_Divh_8720836 INS CORA DIVH - FleetMon.com]</ref>
==Geography==
Cora Divh is the third largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro and [[Sesostris Bank]], with a [[lagoon]] area of {{convert|339.45|km2|abbr=on}}. It is also the northernmost feature, reaching to 13°58'N. Those [[coral]] banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep.<ref>Prakash Chauhan & Shailesh Nayak, ''Detection of submerged reef banks in the Lakshadweep Sea using IRS-P4 OCM satellite data''</ref> [[Adas Bank]], which lies 90 km to the north of Cora Divh, is the same type of formation but is not part of [[Lakshadweep]].

Cora Divh is 42 km long southwest–northeast, and 12 about km wide. Its southwest point is located 34 km [[NNE]] of [[Sesostris Bank]].
There are no emergent cays or islands. Cora Divh has depths of 27.4 to 55 m, and is covered by sand, coral rubble and broken shells. According to other sources, the least depth is 16 meters. Depths in the neighborhood of the bank reach 700 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sandtech.nic.in/interest.htm |title=Lakshadweep; geographical information |access-date=8 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083134/http://sandtech.nic.in/interest.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Administration==
The bank belongs to the [[Subdivisions of India|Ward]] of [[Chetlat Island]] of [[Aminidivi]] [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]].
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=hWv9ZhMhgusC&pg=PA102 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083134/http://sandtech.nic.in/interest.htm Geographical information]
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Lakshadweep}}
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[[Category:Undersea banks of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Reefs of India]]
[[Category:Reefs of the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Underwater diving sites in India]]

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