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Ɓoornugol Benares, walla Ɓoornugol Benares, ko ɓuuɓol koraay ɓuuɓngol, nokku keeriiɗo tawaaɗo e 5°15′S 071°40′E, kilooji 6 tan (3,7 mi) fuɗnaange-rewo-fuɗnaange-rewo Île Pierre, duunde ɓurnde ɓadaade atol Peros Banhos Chapelago e nder no Arde. Nde fotnoo ko hedde kilooji 3 (2 mi) fuɗnaange-rewo, njaajeendi mayre ko hedde 700 meeteer (2 300 ft) e njaajeendi mayre ko hedde kilooji 2 (0,77 sq mi). Luggiɗde ɓurnde famɗude e bannge hirnaange ko meeteruuji 4,5 (15 ft).[1] Ko adii fof ko wiɗteede ko e hitaande 1837, ko Kumannda biyeteeɗo Robert Moresby, mo laana ndiwoowa Inndo, e laana ndiwoowa HMS Benares. Wiɗto Moresby waɗii kartal gadanal laaɓtungal e ngalɗoo daawal ɓuuɓngal, ngal inniraa caggal ɗuum laana makko.[2]

  1. British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000
  2. Searight, Sarah, The Charting of the Red Sea. History Today, 2003