Bassas, two ledges of rocks to the south-east of Ceylon, distinguished as Great and Little—the former group being more to the south-west, and the latter, the most dangerous of the two, more to the north-east. They lie in 6° 11'—6° 22' N. lat., and in 81° 28'—81° 43' E. long. On both are lighthouses.
Bassas,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 782
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