Marine Glossary

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bank

1. A ridge of any material such as earth, rock, snow, etc., or anything resembling such a ridge, as a fog bank or cloud bank. Plus other meanings of interest to navigation:

2. A shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, etc., as a sand bank, mud bank, etc.

3. An elevation of the sea floor typically located on a shelf and over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation. Reefs or shoals, dangerous to surface navigation, may rise above the general depths of a bank.

4. The edge of a cut or fill.

5. The margin of a watercourse.

6. A number of similar devices connected so as to be used as a single device (battery bank).