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The islands of the Indian Ocean are part of either the eastern, western, or southern areas. Some prominently large islands include Madagascar , Sri Lanka , and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra , Java , and Lesser Sunda Islands .
Indian Ocean. Archipelagos of the Indian Ocean: Along the coast of Africa ... Greater Antilles 38,400,500 Lesser Antilles 3,950,000 Lucayan Archipelago 443,000 ...
The Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago.
The Chagos Archipelago of 70 tiny islands and atolls is located in the central Indian Ocean, about 1,500 km from the southern tip of India, 3,400 km due east of Africa and 3,000 km west of Indonesia. Politically, Chagos is constituted as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). [14]
The Andaman Archipelago is an oceanic continuation of the Burmese Arakan Yoma range in the north and of the Indonesian Archipelago in the south. It has 325 islands which cover an area of 6,408 km 2 (2,474 sq mi), [39] with the Andaman Sea to the east between the islands and the coast of Burma. [13]
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, ... the Indian Ocean is bordered by landmasses and an archipelago on three sides, making ...
The archipelago consists of two islands, Grande Glorieuse and Île du Lys, as two rock islands, Roches Vertes and Île aux Crabes, along with two sandbanks that emerge at low tide. [1] [2] They form part of a coral reef and lagoon. [3]