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The Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈtʃɑːɡəs, - ɡoʊs /) 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. This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos ...
Western Indian Ocean. Bajuni Islands (Somalia) Bazaruto Archipelago (Mozambique) Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia) (UK transitioning to Mauritius) Comoros. Khuriya Muriya Islands (Oman) Lakshadweep Archipelago (India) Lamu Archipelago (Kenya) Madagascar.
Subcategories. This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total. 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) Archipelagoes of Mozambique (2 C, 3 P) Archipelagoes of Seychelles (3 C, 11 P)
Three Brothers, Chagos. Coordinates: 06°09′S 71°31′E. Sooty terns nesting on South Brother island in the Three Brothers group. The Three Brothers are a group of three small coral islands 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Eagle Islands along the central western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure ...
4 Indian Ocean. Toggle Indian Ocean subsection. 4.1 Along the coast of Africa. ... Beaver Archipelago; Channel Islands; Dome Islands; Lake Erie Islands; Hen and ...
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 islands constitute one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau (the other being Heard Island and the McDonald islands), a large igneous province mostly submerged in the southern Indian Ocean. The main island, Grande Terre, is 6,675 km 2 (2,577 sq mi) in area, about three-quarters of the size of Corsica, and is surrounded by a ...
Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government. The Chagos Islands have been a British overseas territory, but in early October 2024, the UK agreed ...