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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 Chagossians (also Îlois [4] or Chagos Islanders) are an Afro-Asian ethnic group originating from freed African slaves as well as people of Asian (Indian and Malay) descent brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century. [5]
A location map of Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is the largest land mass in the Chagos Archipelago (which includes Peros Banhos, the Salomon Islands, the Three Brothers, the Egmont Islands, and the Great Chagos Bank), being an atoll occupying approximately 174 square kilometres (67 sq mi), of which 27.19 square kilometres (10 sq mi) is dry land. [90]
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia.The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). [5]
The following is a list of islands in the Chagos Archipelago. The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising 58 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, situated some 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. The archipelago is a British Indian Ocean Territory.
The new Mauritian government has ordered an independent review of the Chagos Islands agreement, The Independent understands, throwing the future of Sir Keir Starmer’s deal into even greater ...
NASA picture of Eagle Islands. The round, smaller island is Île Vache Marine. Eagle Islands is a group of two islands in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory. They are located on the central-western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure.
The Chagos Islands are at the heart of a diplomatic row To add to the complications the recently elected government in Mauritius rejected a deal agreed with foreign secretary David Lammy with ...