Saya de Malha Bank

Saya de Malha
Submerged bank
Saya de Malha Bank is located in Indian Ocean
Saya de Malha Bank
Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean)
Map of Saya de Malha
Map of Saya de Malha
Coordinates: 10°30′00″S 61°21′36″E / 10.500°S 61.360°E / -10.500; 61.360
CountryMauritius
Area
 • Total40,808 km2 (15,756 sq mi)
The Saya de Malha Bank and Nazareth Bank on a 1794 Samuel Dunn map section

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.