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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.
The islands of the Indian Ocean are located off the coasts of eastern Africa, southern Asia, and western Australia. The main article for this category is List of islands in the Indian Ocean . Islands portal
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth was discovered in the Indian Ocean off South Africa in the 1930s and in the late 1990s another species, the Indonesian coelacanth, was discovered off Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Most extant coelacanths have been found in the Comoros.
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, ... Indian Ocean. Persian Gulf; Pacific Ocean. East China Sea;
Several scattered archipelagos — Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands and the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean — plus Adélie Land (432,000 km 2 claim to uninhabited territory in Antarctica) Oceanic France: 7,747 2,991 150 49.4 128 Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean: Galápagos Islands: Archipelago: Oceanic ...
Pages in category "Island countries of the Indian Ocean" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. +
Extent of the Indian Ocean according to the International Hydrographic Organization. This list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean consists of 38 countries, with 13 in Africa, 22 in Asia, and 1 in Oceania that either border on or are in the Indian Ocean, as well as 2 European countries which administer several dependencies or overseas territories in the region.
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.