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Danger Island was sighted by the French ship La Bouffonne in 1777. It was given its name by lieutenant Archibald Blair [4] during his 1786 survey of the Chagos archipelago. . Blair described the island at the time: "At dawn of day saw Breakers bearing NE, distant about ½ Mile, which I found at daylight to extend from Danger Island
The islands of the Great Chagos Bank, starting clockwise from the south, are: Danger Island (slightly more than 2 km (1.2 mi) long from North to South, by 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, land area 0.66 km 2 (0.25 sq mi), vegetated with palm trees up to 12 m (39 ft) high.
The Chagos Archipelago. (Atolls with areas of dry land are named in green)The archipelago is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives, 1,880 kilometres (1,170 mi) east of the Seychelles, 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) north-east of Rodrigues Island (), 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 3,400 kilometres (2,100 mi) north of Amsterdam Island.
The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...
The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal.
Danger Island, Great Chagos Bank, part of Chagos Archipelago in Indian Ocean Danger Island, now known as Pukapuka , an atoll of Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean Danger Islands , near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean
The future of the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is set to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer as the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial ...
The nearest island is Danger Island on the Great Chagos Bank, less than 30km due north. There are two passages into the lagoon along the Northern Rim, Fausse Passe in the northeast and a wider passage in the northwest. The Egmont Islands are one of the favorite anchoring spots for itinerant yachtsmen passing through the Chagos. [3]