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{{Infobox islands<br />
| name = Elikalpeni Bank<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_link = Malayalam<br />
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| map = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.20|N|73.96|E|region:IN-LD_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}<br />
| etymology = <br />
| location = [[Arabian Sea]]<br />
| island_type = [[Submerged bank]]<br />
| archipelago = [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]<br />
| total_islands = 0<br />
| major_islands = {{hlist |item_style=line-height:1.4em;white-space:nowrap; }}<br />
| area_km2 = 0<br />
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census |publisher=Government of Lakshadweep |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722061135/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |archivedate=2016-07-22 }}</ref><br />
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| elevation_m = -10.4<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[States and union territories of India|Territory]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions = [[Union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of districts in India#Lakshadweep (LD)|District]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Lakshadweep]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Island group]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Aminidivi]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Aminidivi]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_4 = [[Subdivisions of India]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_4 = [[Amini Island]]<br />
| population = 0<br />
| population_as_of = 2014<br />
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| ethnic_groups = [[Malayali]], [[Mahl people|Mahls]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lakshadweep.gov.in/}}<br />
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]<br />
| iso_code = IN-LD-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref><br />
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| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|32.0|°C|°F}}<br />
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}}<br />
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'''Elikalpeni Bank''' 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><br />
==Geography==<br />
Elikalpeni Bank has a minimum depth of 10.4 m and is located 57&nbsp;km northeast of [[Androth Island|Androth]]<ref name=PS>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'', National Geospatial-intelligence Agency</ref> at {{coord|11|12|N|73|58|E}}.<ref>GEBCO Gazeteer of undersea feature names</ref><br />
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Elikalpeni Bank is the easternmost geographic feature of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, although other little researched banks with depths of as little as 18.3 m lie about 32&nbsp;km east of Elikalpeni.<ref name=PS/><br />
It has a [[lagoon]] area of {{convert|95.91|km2|abbr=on}}.<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
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File:Lakshadweep.jpg|Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for [[Minicoy]]<br />
File:Map of Lakshadweep-en.svg|Map<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=in&UF=-2095461&UN=-2909549&DG=BNK Elikalpeni Bank, India]<br />
*[http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/4897/1/00019.pdf List of Atolls]<br />
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856407908722989 Sources towards a history of the Laccadive Islands]<br />
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[[Category:Undersea banks of Lakshadweep]]<br />
[[Category:Reefs of India]]<br />
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