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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 legendary (and almost archetypal) lost continent that was supposed to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. Cloud cuckoo land: A perfect city between the clouds in the play The Birds by Aristophanes. Chryse and Argyre: A pair of legendary islands, located in the Indian Ocean and said to be made of gold (chrysos) and silver (argyros).
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Toggle Indian Ocean subsection. 4.1 Along the coast of Africa. 4.2 Along the coast of Asia. ... Geographically isolated islands are included as well. Arctic Ocean
The Australian Indian Ocean Territories is the name since 1995 of an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, consisting of two island groups in the Indian Ocean under Australian sovereignty:
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.
Archipelagoes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2 C, 16 P) Archipelagoes of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (3 C, 3 P) Archipelagoes of the Maldives (1 P)