Saya de Malha | |
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Submerged bank
  Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean) | |
 Map of Saya de Malha | |
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| Coordinates: 10°30′00″S 61°21′36″E / 10.500°S 61.360°E | |
| Country | Mauritius |
| Area | |
• Total | 40,808 km2 (15,756 sq mi) |
The Saya de Malha Bank (also the Sahia de Malha Bank, modern Portuguese: saia de malha, English: mesh skirt) or Mesh Skirt Bank, is one of the largest submerged ocean banks in the world, a part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau.