Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at (5°15′S071°40′E), just 6 km WNW of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about 3 km east-west, with a width of about 700 metres, and an area of 2 km².